Accidental Blast Injuries While Making Indigenous Explosive Chemical Mixture: A Report of Two Incidents.
chemical accident
explosive agents
gandhak
improvised explosive
potash
sulfur
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2022
Jul 2022
Historique:
accepted:
05
07
2022
entrez:
8
8
2022
pubmed:
9
8
2022
medline:
9
8
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Apart from terrorist and military bombing, accidental blast injuries are the major source of morbidity and mortality in explosion occurrences. In civilian scenarios, it can happen when unskilled individuals handle explosive materials carelessly, often avoiding legal restrictions. We report two incidents of an accidental explosion in which three victims got injured during the mixing of explosive chemicals which are used in an improvised pipe gun to scare away the animals on the farm. In both incidents, the victims were mixing
Identifiants
pubmed: 35936162
doi: 10.7759/cureus.26609
pmc: PMC9355268
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e26609Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022, Jadav et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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