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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 862
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2003 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| FB SENSATION RT AFTER WELDING/ UV KERATITIS RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| FLASH BURN TO EYES WHILE WLEDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2003 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| KERATITIS-INJURY CAUSED WHILE WELDING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2003 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| WELDING AT HOME WHEN SUSTAINED FLASH BURN TO R EYE DX WELDERS KERTATITS OU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH LEFT EYE PAIN - FOREIGN BODY S USTAINED WHEN WELDING AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2003 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| WAS WELDING YESTERDAY, C/O FEELING LIKE SOMETHING IS IN RIGHT EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT WAS LOOKING AT WELDING TORCH WITH GOGGLES CORNEAL BURNS FROM WELDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYE GEAR SUSTAINED FLASH BURNS DX: MILD E YE IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT GOT FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES FROM WELDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices |
| 52YOM-WELDER'S FLASH B/L EYE-WELDING YESTERDAY-WEARING EYE PROTECTION-D EVELOPED SEVERE PAIN TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2003 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| 61 YO M USING WELDING MACHINE INJURED EYE EYE SUPERFICAL INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2003 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| FB IN RT EYE WHILE WORKING ON A CAR ( WELDING) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| BILATERAL EYES KERATITIS-AT HOME-WELDING W/O SHIELD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices |
| 55 YOWM WAS WELDING AT HOME. PT HAD SAFTY GLASSES IN. C/O EYE REDDNESS AND BURNING. DX. ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS R/L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2003 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT WELDING AT HOME WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR SUSTAINED RADIATION BURN S TO BOTH EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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