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Digital amputations by slippery slides
Author(s) -
Coleman Stephen G.,
Vickers David W.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb132342.x
Subject(s) - slippery slope , fracture (geology) , frame (networking) , forensic engineering , medicine , surgery , geology , engineering , geotechnical engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology
Seven partial or complete digital amputations sustained by children while using defective metal slippery slides are reported. The causative defect of the apparatus was a gap between the seat and the tubular frame, formed after corrosion and subsequent fracture of the supporting welds. A change of design is recommended to prevent this type of structural failure.