Citation

Eppler M, Pankratz H, Sinicina I, Münnich G. Rechtsmedizin 2022; 32(3): 207-211.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00194-021-00526-0

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Deaths due to bathtub-related electrocution are usually acts of suicide or accidental. The following is a report on a fatal electrical accident where the full AC mains voltage was transferred to the body of a young woman via a defective charger that did not comply with national standards. The victim had been holding the smartphone in her hand while taking a bath and her body thus became part of a closed electrical circuit. Electrical appliances of inferior quality pose an incalculable potential risk to users. © 2021, The Author(s).

Language: de

Keywords

human; female; case report; clinical article; electrocution; Electrocution; Note; Reconstruction; electric accident; electric potential; Bath water; CE marking; electron transport; Voltage transfer