Accidents - Welding equipment - 50+ years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,916
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	1,254	Face:	164
Toe:	124	Wrist:	69
Ankle:	69	Lower Trunk:	69
Upper Arm:	69	Finger:	60
Ear:	17	Shoulder:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2004	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
WELDING FLASH BURN TO EYE WELDER'S ARC BURN TO CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING AND GOT A SPARK IN LEFT EYE C/O PAIN REDNESS AND PHOTOPHOBIA LEFT EYE FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2004	Age: 51 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
51 YO - DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS - AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS USING SOME COMPOUNDS WHILE WELDING AT HOME THEN BROKE OUT IN A F ACIAL RASH AND BURNING CONTACT DERMATITIS FROM WELDING COMPOUNDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
SECOND DEGREE BURNS UMBILICAL AREA - PIECE OF HOT STAG FROM WELDING TOR CH BURNED UMBILICAL AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2004	Age: 57 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
57 YO MALE HAS DEBRIS IN EYES FROM WELDING F/B CORNEAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2004	Age: 51 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
FLASHBURNS BILATERAL EYES - EYE PAIN AFTER WATCHING SON WELD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Welding equipment
SHOULDER STRAIN-@ HOME-PULLING ON CORD OF GAS WELDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2004	Age: 62 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
EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING DX. FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT. HAS BEEN WELDING AT HOME, NOW HAS SOMETHING IN HIS EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING & GOT WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2004	Age: 67 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
67 Y/O M INJURED BOTH EYES WHILE USING WEILDING TORCH AT HOME. DX; WELDERS BURN TO CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2004	Age: 56 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
PT WAS WELDING TORCH WITH GOGGLES CORNEAL BURNS FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PASSED OUT WHILE WELDING AT SCHOOL DX. EAR CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, House repair or construction materials
BURN LEFT 2ND TOE-SUS BURN TO LEFT 2ND TOE WHILE WELDING ON ROOF WITH A TORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2004	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
PATIENT WAS AROUND WELDING YESTERDAY, EYE BURNING AND RED. DX-WELDING BURNS EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2004	Age: 61 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
FELT PAIN/BURNING TO BOTH EYES WHILE WELDING BILATERAL CORNEAL ULTRAVIOLET BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT. WAS WELDING, NOW HAS BURNS TO EYES KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Welding equipment
PT DROPPED WELDER ON TOE. DX: L BIG TOE CONT/SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2004	Age: 55 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
PT SUST FOREIGN BODY TO EYE WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2004	Age: 53 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
HELPING SOMEONE WELD--BURN TO EYES DX WELDING ARC BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Floors or flooring materials
WHILE USING ***, THE WELDER FELL OFF IT'S HOLDER ONTO FLOOR,THEFLAME HI T HIS LEFT ANKLE DX:2ND DEGREE BURNS NOT STATED IF WORK REL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2004	Age: 53 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 STATES HE WAS WELDING AND NOW HAS EYE PAIN (WELDERS BURN)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2004	Age: 62 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
ACUTE BILATERAL ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS, WELDING AT HOME, NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTIVES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
DIRT IN EYE AND EXPOSED TO WELDING FLASH/ ACUTE EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2004	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: Wrist		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
SECOND DEGREE BURN WRIST - BURNED WRIST WITH HOT WELDING TORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT C/O BURN TO SD/ARM. PT WAS WELDING WHEN HIS SHIRT CAUGHT FIRE.(NO FI RE DEPARTMENT PRESENT)DX UPPER LIMB 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LFT TORS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2004	Age: 62 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
USING PLASMA WELDER - HAD GOGGLES ON WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Welding equipment, Clothing accessories
FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND W/ CELLULITIS-WELDING WIRE WENT THROUGH GLOVE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2004	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
PT WAS WELDING AT HOME. DX: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2004	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Welding equipment
PT GOT FINGERS CAUGHT IN FAN ON WELDER C/O PAIN AND MISSING FINGERS AMP UTATION 2-5 LEFT FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/10/2004	Age: 58 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
L EYE IRRITATION - EYE IRRITATION AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2004	Age: 58 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
58YOMC WELDING WEARING A CRACKED WELDING MASK C/O EYE PAIN WELDERS FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE WELDING. DX: PT LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

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