Burns due to Grain Dust Explosions
作者:
ROBERT RUSSELL,
JACK BALDWIN,
EDWARD LAW,
期刊:
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care
(OVID Available online 1980)
卷期:
Volume 20,
issue 9
页码: 767-771
ISSN:0022-5282
年代: 1980
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Dust explosions occurring in grain elevator storage and processing operations are increasing in frequency and are a world-wide source of injury and fatality. Despite extensive investigation by both private and governmental interests, the causes of most grain dust explosions remain a mystery. A number of methods to help prevent such explosions have been developed, but none has gained uniform acceptance. Despite a brief contact with flame in the flash of a dust cloud ignition, temperatures may exceed 1,000 F and can cause severe burns. A single burn center's experience with eight patients injured in three separate grain elevator dust explosions during a 12-month period highlights the potential seriousness of the problem. Physicians practicing in grain producing or shipping areas of the world should be aware of the potential hazard imposed by grain storage operations. Prevention of these explosions by mandatory dust control systems and appropriate safety regulations is emphasized.
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