Citation

Moreschi C, Da Broi U, Tse R, Garland J, Ondruschka B, Cividino SR, Vello M, Gubiani R. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 2022; 43(2): 157-165.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PAF.0000000000000733

PMID

34939947

Abstract

Feed mixer or total mixed ration mixer wagons are powerful agricultural machines used to shred and mix silage with other ingredients and deliver it direct to the feeding troughs on livestock farms. Fatalities involving these feed mixers may occur when operators become trapped in the augers or, less frequently, are crushed by moving wagons. Death can occur very rapidly because of dismemberment, multiple lesions, or crushing. The aim of this review is to focus on the diagnostic evaluations that need to be performed to confirm that the death was accidental and to exclude a hypothesis of murder or suicide. Forensic investigations in such cases must involve the detailed analysis of the death scene and the mechanical characteristics of the machinery with an accurate postmortem and toxicological examination.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Accidents; Homicide; Autopsy; Agriculture; Crush Injuries