BATTERY EXPLOSIONS--WITH ACID EJECTED INTO EYES AND FACE. PART I

This article examines the phenomenon of exploding batteries from accident data that suggest the magnitude of the problem and from a study of the attitudes that have created and perpetuated the problem. It concludes that we have a serious public health and safety problem where thousands of motorists and service mechanics are being injured each year and where few consumers recognize and comprehend the potential danger that lies beneath the hoods of millions of automobiles. It asks: Should consumers expect an unending series of battery explosions that propel acid into human eyes, or should they have the right to expect that such avoidable individual tragedies will terminate in the near future?

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Part II (HS-033 400), TRIS 369364.
• Corporate Authors:

  Association of Trial Lawyers of America

  1050 31st Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20007
• Authors:
  • PETERS, G A
• Publication Date: 1982-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 6 p.
• Serial:
  • Trial
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  • ISSN: 0041-2538

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Consumers; Electric batteries; Explosions; Eye; Hazards; Injuries; Insurance claims; Lead acid batteries; Liability; Loss and damage claims; Public health; Risk assessment; Safety
• Subject Areas: Energy; Freight Transportation; Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00369363
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-033 399
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 30 1982 12:00AM