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
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

e26609

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2022, Jadav et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Références

Forensic Sci Int. 2011 Jul 15;210(1-3):e4-6
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pubmed: 979550

Auteurs

Devendra Jadav (D)

Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Jodhpur, IND.

Sourav Bhowmik (S)

Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Jodhpur, IND.

Ashish Saraf (A)

Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur, IND.

Asharam Gorchiya (A)

Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Ananta Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Rajasamand, IND.

Vikas Meshram (V)

Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Jodhpur, IND.

Raghvendra S Shekhawat (RS)

Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Jodhpur, IND.

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