ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 9

Stud Guns Revisited: Report of a Suicide and Literature Review
Mittleman, RE
Associate medical examiner, Dade County Medical Examiner Department, FL

Weedn, VW
Resident in pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX

(Received 21 April 1983; accepted 5 July 1983)

Abstract

Stud guns (powder-actuated fastening tools) are a commonly used construction tool. Accidental injuries and fatalities are no longer frequent, presumably because of current safety features and practices. A case of an intentional fatal wound (suicide) is deseribed. A literature review of stud gun injuries is also presented.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, suicide, stud guns, powder-actuated tools, Hilti gun, Ramset, power hand tools, unusual weapons, industrial accidents, occupational injuries, building construction hazard

Paper ID: JFS11723J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11723J
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