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Table 3 The number of explosions by explosion charges

From: Incidence, casualties and risk characteristics of civilian explosion blast injury in China: 2000—2017 data from the state Administration of Work Safety

Material subtype

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Total [n(%)]

Coal mine gas

33

28

14

20

14

6

11

126(24.5)

Pyrotechnics

30

22

7

16

6

5

7

93(18.1)

Ignitable gas

16

12

14

9

14

11

2

78(15.2)

Explosive chemical compound

15

16

6

7

7

8

7

66(12.8)

Other sealed equipment

6

7

11

7

2

1

2

36(7.0)

Explosive blasting agent

12

5

5

6

6

0

1

35(6.8)

Ignitable liquid

10

2

1

4

6

1

1

25(4.9)

Ignitable solid

5

5

1

1

3

2

4

21(4.1)

Boiler

3

5

3

1

0

0

4

16(3.1)

Other (Not identified)

2

4

0

2

2

0

2

12(2.3)

Black powder/black powder Substitutes

1

0

0

0

1

4

0

6(1.2)