Hands on explosives: Safety testing of protective measures

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-34

  Klapötke, Thomas M ^a   Krumm, Burkhard ^a   Xaver Steemann, F ^a   Steinhauser, Georg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TU WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Explosives; Fragments; Gloves; Injury; Protection

Indexed keywords

EN STANDARDS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FRAGMENT DISTRIBUTIONS; FRAGMENTS; GLASS FLASKS; GLASS FRAGMENTS; GLOVES; INJURY; LEAD AZIDE; PRIMARY EXPLOSIVE; PROTECTION; PROTECTIVE MEASURES; TESTING PROCEDURE;

EXPLOSIONS; GLASS; NITRATION; SAFETY TESTING;

EXPLOSIVES;

ARTICLE; BOMB; DANGEROUS GOODS; EXPLOSION; GLOVE; HELMET; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 70349865071     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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