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Accidents - Welding equipment - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 339
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2003:68
Year 2005:68
Year 2006:132
Year 2007:70

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 07/21/2007Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment
PT GOT HIT WITH WELDING ARC AT NEIGHBORS HOME MINOR ELECTROCUTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2006Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING WITH DC WELDER, WAS SHOCKED ALSO HAD TEMPORARY LOSS OF FUNCTION IN RIGHT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2006Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING WHEN INHALED POISONOUS FUMES THAT CONTAINED ZINC. +LOC, NAUS EA, DISORIENTATION, NUMBNESS IN SIDE. D: PARASTHESIAS, NOS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment
55 YO WM MESSING WITH OLD WELDER AT HOME AND WAS SHOCKED ELECTROCUTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment
61 YO BM - ELECTRICAL SHOCK - WAS WELDING & ROD TOUCHED HIS WRIST WATCH - FELT A SHOCK GO THRU HIS BOEY - BROTHER KNOCKED ROD OUT OF HIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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