In a pickled-plum manufactory a male worker suddenly fell down when he strode over a belt conveyor while holding the grip of a washing machine of plums. A leakage of a 60-volt a.c. was recorded through the connector of the washer which was supplied with a 200-volt a.c. The principal autopsy findings were: ① petechiae under the conjunctives,② bloody froth at the nose and mouth,③ enormous thymus gland (71g),④ profuse bloody exudate in the air passage,⑤ petechial hemorrhages beneath the epicardium and in the myocardium,⑥ congestion and edema of the lungs,⑦ neither electric mark nor Joule burn. The man was considered to have suddenly died of ventricular fibrillation and respiratory paralysis by accidental contact with an electrified machine. The hypertrophy of the thymus gland may participate in the cause of fatal electrocution with low voltage.
低電圧による感電事故死
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