Burn due to a sawdust explosion.
Burns due to explosions of various types of inflammable dust have been reported, including coal dust, flour and grain dust. A 33-year-old worker was burned over 33 per cent of his body surface area in a sawdust explosion. Recovery was uneventful. This is the first reported case due to this mechanism as far as we have been able to ascertain.
Still
J M
JM
Burn Unit, Augusta Regional Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Law
E J
EJ
Pickens
H C
HC
D000328:Adult; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004391:Dust; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014934:Wood
D004391:Dust