Citation

Krishnamurthy N. Int. J. Forensic Eng. 2012; 1(1): 21.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Inderscience Publishers)

DOI

10.1504/IJFE.2012.047445

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In this study, the head injury of a worker, who had fallen from a mobile scaffold, where the employers alleged that the fall was entirely due to the unsafe actions of the victim and his co-workers, was investigated. Although the case involved a number of unsafe work conditions presented by the employers, defence attorneys wanted scientific validation of the author's contention that the fall could not have been due to the alleged unsafe actions of workers as claimed by the employers. This paper details a number of biomechanics analyses refuting the charges of the workers' alleged actions and fixing the root causes as low-guard-rail height and other unsafe conditions. Dynamic considerations are explored to the extent possible.