Citation

Barzdo M, Berent J, Szram S. Arch. Med. Sadowej Kryminol. 2005; 55(1): 82-84.

Vernacular Title

Smiertelny wypadek spowodowany eksplozja kola od kombajnu--opis przypadku.

Affiliation

Katedra i Zakład Medycyny Sadowej, Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lodzi.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Polish Forensic Medicine Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15984127

Abstract

A fatal accident of a 48 year old woman due to harvester wheel explosion has been presented in this paper. A faulty technical condition of the wheel and the fact that it had been pumped to a pressure exceeding the permissible limit was the reason for the explosion. The woman sustained multiorgan injuries and microscopic examination revealed inter-alveolar septa rupture and intra-alveolar haemorrhage and oedema. The microscopic changes of the lungs prove that the shock wave was released during the wheel explosion.