Accidents - Cutting torches - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 720
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	231
Year 1998:	66
Year 1999:	17
Year 2000:	17
Year 2002:	16
Year 2004:	69
Year 2007:	70
Year 2008:	230

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 06/14/2008	Age: 63 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: Cutting torches
PT WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH AND INJURED EYE. DX: SMALL CORNEAL ULCER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2008	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: Cutting torches
PT WITH BURNS TO EYES AFTER USING BLOW TORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2008	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: Foreign Body
Product: Cutting torches
52 YO M FOREIGN BODY TO EYES AIR TANK EXPLODED PT GOT RUST AND METAL IN EYES*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2007	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: Cutting torches
PT WAS USING A PLASMA CUTTER ON METAL FOR THE FIRST TIME WITHOUT ANY PR OTECTIVE EYEWEAR DEVELOPED RADIATION BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2004	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: Cutting torches
FB SENSATION LT EYE, 2 DAYS AGO WAS USING TORCH, FELT SOMETHING GO IN EYE/ FB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2002	Age: 51 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: Cutting torches
PT DX FOREIGN BODY LT CORNEA - WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH MONDAY AND HAD F.B SENSATION LT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2000	Age: 57 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: Cutting torches, Fences or fence posts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/1999	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Cutting torches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/1998	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cutting torches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/1997	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cutting torches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/1997	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cutting torches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/1997	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: Foreign Body
Product: Cutting torches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/1997	Age: 55 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: Cutting torches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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