Accidents - Welding equipment - 50+ years old - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,035
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	1,387	Finger:	90
Face:	82	Upper Trunk:	70
Ankle:	70	Unkown:	70
Neck:	69	Lower Leg:	62
Hand:	62	Shoulder:	37
Foot:	31

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2009	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
WELDING YESTERDAY, C/O PAIN TO BOTH EYES/ UV KERATITIS OU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Fuel oils
56 YOM SUSTAINED BURN ; WAS WELDING AND FUEL OIL PAN CAUGHT FIRE; MULTI PLE BURNS. FIRE. NO FIRE DEPARTMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2009	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, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
C/O RT EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING AND GRINDING METAL/ RT EYE METALIC FB,COR NEAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
71 YO WM HAS EYE PAIN WHILE WELDING AT HOME EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2009	Age: 70 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
70 YO WM HAS EYE PAIN WELDING AT HOME KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2009	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, Eye protection devices
55YO WHITE MALE WAS WELDING 3 DAYS AGO WEARING PROTECTIVE EYE GEAR, DX FOREIGN BODY EXTERNAL EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS AT HOME WELDING, HOT METAL DROPPED HIT ANKLE CAUISNG A 3RD DEGRE E BURN WITH CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2009	Age: 63 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
CAUGHT SOME FLASH WHILE WELDING ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2009	Age: 51 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
WAS WELDING AND C/O OF HAVING WELDING BURNS TO THE BOTH EYES. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION TO EYES*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2009	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
FLASH BURN TO EYES AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE WELDING EYE IRRITATION/ DX ACUTE CONJUNCTIVITIS BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2009	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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
FLASHBURN EYES - 58 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH BILATERAL EYE PAIN AFTER WELD ING YESTERDAY - GOT A NEW HELMET WITH FACE SHIELD BUT LENS TOO WIDE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION WHILE WELDING*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2009	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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYE EQUIPMENT NOW HAVING PAIN IN BOTH EYES RADIATION BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT HAS WELDING EXPOSURE BURN TO EYES, WELDING BURN TO EYES (KERATITIS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
71YO HISP MALE C/O B/L EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING THIS AM,WORE SAFETY GOGGLES,DX FLASHBURN TO EYES(PHOTOKERATITIS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT BURNED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A WELDING TORCH SUSTAINED A THERMA L BURN TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Welding equipment
L INDEX FINGER LAC WHILE WELDING DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT USED A ARC WELDER AT HOME AND BURNED LEGS 2 DAYS AGO DX// FLASHBURN LOWER LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2009	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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
KERATITIS R EYE/52YOM WAS WELDING YESTERDAY AT HOME, WEARING SAFETY GLA SSES AND C/O BILATERAL EYE IRRITATION. GRITTY FEELING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 52 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 LAST NIGHT AWOKE WITH EYE PAIN DX/ ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2009	Age: 51 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 AT HOME HAS FOREIGN BODY TO EYE FOREIGN BODY LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
PT C/O NECK & SHOULDER PAIN S/P LOOKING DOWN ALOT RECENTLY WHILE WELDIN G. NECK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2009	Age: 51 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
51YOM AT HOME WELDING BRIEFLY WITHOUT MASK GOT FLASH BURN RT EYE; FB RUST RING REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 54 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
PT STATES WAS LIFTING A WELDING MACHINE OFF A TRUCK AT HOME & R ARM W AS JERKED BACK. DX. SHOULDER SEPARATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2009	Age: 66 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
66 YO M FOREIGN BODY/CONJUNCTIVITIS TO EYE GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE WELDING AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
PT SUS INJURY TO EYE WHILE WELDING%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING WITH NO PROTECTION, HURT EYES. DX CORNEAL ABRASION WITH ULCERAT ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
RT HEEL BURN.PT WAS WELDING AND HOT METAL FELL ONTO HEEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
55YO HISP MALE STS BURNT SELF WHILE WELDING WEEK AGO - C.O FOOT PAIN DX BRADYCARDIA, HYPOXEMIA-L HEEL WOUND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/16/2009	Age: 75 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
75 Y/O M ARC WELDING BURNS TO BOTH EYES. WAS WELDING WITH OUT EYE GEAR DX: ARC WELDING BURNS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2009	Age: 67 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
N/S EYES USING WELDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2009	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 TODAY NOT USING EYE SHIELD AT TIME AND DEVELOPED SEVERE PAIN TO BOTH EYES WELDERS KERATTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Day wear
SHIRT CAUGHT FIRE WHILE WELDING, NO FD. DX 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
GOT BURN TO FACE HIT WITH FLAMES WHILE WELDING MOTORCYCLE DX: BURN TO F ACE NO FIRE DEPT ON SCEEN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/03/2009	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: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PATIENT STATES HE WAS WELDING AND GRINDING, FELT A METAL FOREIGN BODY GO INTO EYE. DX-METAL FOREIGN BODY, LT EYE, REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
ABRASION TO EYE WHEN USING WELDING EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Welding equipment
PT A WELDING MACHINE FELL WHILE PT WAS MOVING IT FROM BACK OF TRUCK AN D INJURED HAND DX// LEFT HAND CRUSH INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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