Accidental Burns Death in Southern Marathwada Region

Accidental burn injuries meet the commonest mode of burn deaths. In this article our aim is to find out commonest mode, gender, age group in accidental burns death. This was a Prospective study of accidental burn deaths of 149 cases from January 2011 to December 2011carried out at Government Medical College, Latur. Among all cases of accidental burn 44 were males and 105 were females. Kerosene burner (stove) is commonest causative factor of accidental burning, followed by kerosene lamp and least cases noted in spark burn. Hence other substances which are less inflammable such as solar lamp, smokeless chullah, solar cooking devices, and electric lamp should be encouraged. Cases of female preponderance were observed as they are most commonly exposed to kitchen work. Such type of cases should be carefully noted to rule out manner of death. Careful observation is the need of hour.