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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 23.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Audiol. 2013 Feb;52(0 1):S9–19. doi: 10.3109/14992027.2012.745650

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Typical firing position for official using a starter pistol with the firearm raised above the head and angled away from the athletes. Note the burning powder showering down after the weapon is fired. These particulates fall back onto the arm of the official and generally follow the path of the gas escape.