Accidents - Welding equipment - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Eyeball

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,348
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Date: 12/30/2008	Age: 61 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 HELPING FRIEND WITH WELDING INJURED EYES DX// BILAT ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2008	Age: 68 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 W/O FACE MASK AT HOME. DX: BILAT UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2008	Age: 53 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
FLASHBURN EYES - 53 YO MALE REPORTS ABRUPT ONSET OF SEVERE EYE BURNING AND DISCOMFORT - BEGAN AT HOME WHEN WELDING W/O ADEQUATE EYE PROTECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment, Eyeglasses
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE WELDING PT WEARING GLASSES POSS FB IN L EYE/ DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2008	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
WELDERS BURNS TO EYES, PT WAS WELDING ALL DAY, MASK NOT DARK ENOUGH AND HAS PAIN TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 51 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
PT WAS WELDING AND STATES HE GOT SAND IN HIS EYES DX: BILATERAL EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT DX FOREIGN BODY RT EYE - S/P DUE TO WELDING 2 WEEKS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2008	Age: 77 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
CORNEAL AB-FELT LIKE A FLASH BURN WHILE WELDING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Welding equipment, Eyeglasses
PT INJURED EYE WHILE WELDING. GLASSES HIT INTO EYE. DX: SUBSCLERAL HEMORRHAGE O.S.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
52YOM WAS AT A FRIENDS HOUSE HELPING BUILD A TRAILER USING WELDING EQUIPMENT,HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON AND OFF INJURED EYES;CORNEAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2008	Age: 70 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
STATES ' BURNED EYES WELDING '. WELDED FOR 5 MINUTES WITHOUT PROTECTIO N. DX; ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2008	Age: 57 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
FLASHBURN EYES - 57 YO MALE STATES WELDING WHEN LIFTED MASK AND EXPERIE NCED FLASHBURN BOTH EYES - GRADUAL ONSET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 51 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
WELDERS BURNS TO EYES, 51 YOM, WELDING @ HOME, HAS EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 54 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, Eye protection devices
WELDER'S RASH BOTH EYES: HELPING FRIEND DO SOME WELDING USING PLASMA CUTTER & WELDING TORCH, WEARING FACE SHIELD-SOMETIMES NOT ENGAGED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	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
BURNING TO BOTH EYES AFTER WELDING LAST PM DX; ULTRA VIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	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
53 YO MALE HAS EYE PAIN - WAS WELDING CORNEAL ABRASION/BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2008	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
WELDING. DX WELDERS FLASH#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2008	Age: 55 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
BURNED EYES WELDING DX; ULTRA VIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2008	Age: 60 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
CORNEAL ABRASION/RUST RING RT EYE: WELDING AT HOME, GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE, SCRATCHED IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2008	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
WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTION. DX WELDING BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2008	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
TRAUMATIC EYE PAIN HAD BEEN WELDING WITHOUT ANY PROTECTION TO EYES. DX-FLASH BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2008	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 WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR WAS HELPING A FRIEND AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN EYES WELDERS BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2008	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
PATIENT WAS WELDING GOR FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY EYE, PAIN.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/24/2008	Age: 55 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 protection devices
PT W/ EYE PAIN. WAS WELDING FOR SEVERAL HRS TODAY W/O WEARING DARK GLAS SES. DID WEAR PLASTIC SAFETY GLASSES. ALSO DID SANDING. D:UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2008	Age: 56 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
56 YO M WELDERS FLASH AFTER WELDING ALL DAY*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2008	Age: 58 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
C/O PAIN IN LT EYE, THINKS HAS METAL IN IT, WAS WELDING/ FB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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