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The continuing problem of serious burns involving the ignition of clothing, particularly nightwear
Author(s) -
Warne C. A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
fire and materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-1018
pISSN - 0308-0501
DOI - 10.1002/fam.810030404
Subject(s) - clothing , poison control , preventive action , occupational safety and health , forensic engineering , injury prevention , ignition system , action (physics) , suicide prevention , medical emergency , medicine , human factors and ergonomics , environmental health , engineering , political science , law , pathology , physics , software engineering , quantum mechanics , aerospace engineering
Despite a decrease in the UK, in the number of fatal accidents resulting from the ignition of clothing, there are still some 115 fatalities and many serious accidents each year. The research described in this paper identified groups of such accidents which involved nightwear garments and which might also be amenable to further prevention action. Detailed analysis of 64 cases suggested that further specific preventive action could have some impact on burns to the elderly involving nightdresses and burns to all age groups which involved pyjamas or dressing‐gowns.