Drowning in gasoline

Apić, R.; Gašparec, Z.; Weber, Karl

doi:10.1016/0300-9432(76)90154-0

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“…In 1976, Apic [41] discussed two industrial deaths resulting from a gasoline storage mishap, one of which resulted in gasoline drowning. Autopsy examination of the lungs in that case demonstrated hypervoluminous, firm, airless lungs with the trachea and bronchi filled with frothy hemorrhagic fluid admixed with sand particles, along with a strong odor of gasoline which was encountered during the lung dissection.…”

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Unique drowning in an atypical medium: paraffin wax in the setting of a motor vehicle crash—case report and literature survey

Mullan

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2010

Forensic Sci Med Pathol

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Among the various modes of death due to asphyxiation, drowning is unique. Unlike other types of suffocation associated with occluding airway obstructions (i.e. choking and smothering); with drowning, there is typically filling and involvement of the majority of the tracheobronchial tree and aerodigstive tract. Although the usual drowning medium is water, it can also occur in other media. Moreover, although drowning sometimes occurs in the setting of a motor vehicle accident, an element of vehicular submersion or immersion is usually operative in such instances. The case presented here is that of a motor vehicle crash which resulted in drowning where no immersion of the vehicle occurred. Moreover, the drowning medium was paraffin wax, rather than water. Other cases in the literature of drowning in atypical media and also those which are reported in the concomitant presence of a motor vehicle accident are presented.

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Unique drowning in an atypical medium: paraffin wax in the setting of a motor vehicle crash—case report and literature survey

Mullan

Vey²

2010

Forensic Sci Med Pathol

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“…To our knowledge, only nine cases of drowning in atypical media have been published in the international literature. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Reported cases include drowning in a bitumen tank, 3 fermentation tanks, 4 sugar syrup, 5 hot wax, 6 paraffin wax, 7 gasoline, 8 beer, 9 crude oil, 10 and hot oil. 11 Of the nine cases referred to above, eight cases were fatal, with associated additional causes of death including mechanical asphyxia by suffocation in the cases of drowning in viscous liquids such as hot bitumen, 3 association with carbon dioxide poisoning in cases of hazardous exposure to a fermentation tank 4 and vat of beer, 9 hypercalcaemia in the case of near-drowning in a hyperosmolar liquid, 5 and extensive burns in the cases of hazardous exposure to hot liquids.…”

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Quenching tank: Accidental drowning in hot quenching oil

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We describe an unusual case of drowning in fluid other than water in an industrial setting. A 26-year-old man was working in an industry which performs surface treatment of mechanical steel parts with quenching oil. He fell into the quenching oil (which was hot due to immersion of red hot metal parts), and as he was working alone in the particular section, there was a fatal outcome. A medico-legal autopsy was performed. The causes of death were found to be multiple, with the association of drowning, extensive superficial burns and asphyxia due to laryngeal oedema. To our knowledge, it is the first report of drowning in hot quenching oil, and only nine previous observations of drowning in industrial environments have been reported in the international literature. Even though rare, these kinds of accidental deaths can be prevented in dangerous industries with proper precautions and strict adherence to standard operating procedures.

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“…If we consider alternative fluids to the water, it is more common that their penetration in the respiratory tract is subsequent to inhalation, which is followed by lung pathologies more than by a real asphyctic syndrome [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Other fluid that in rare occurrences have been mentioned in the literature as a means of drowning asphyxia are represented by wax, paraffin, beer, bitumen, and gas oil [9][10][11][12][13][14]. Therefore, due to its uniqueness, the authors present a case of drowning in waste oil from motor vehicles.…”

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