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Case Study on Possible Falling Patterns of a Fatal Fall from Stairs
Considering a fatal case of an aged individual, who died due to falling down stairs, the cause of the fatal fall was investigated through experiments. A witness, who was with the victim, when the fatal accident occurred, stated that the aged individual had miss-footed, lost balance at the top of the...
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National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246532/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25088990 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2014-0092 |
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description | Considering a fatal case of an aged individual, who died due to falling down stairs, the cause of the fatal fall was investigated through experiments. A witness, who was with the victim, when the fatal accident occurred, stated that the aged individual had miss-footed, lost balance at the top of the stairs, and fell accidently from an upper floor to a lower floor. It was very questionable whether or not this witness’s statements were true. The true cause of the fatal fall was unclear, because of the witness’s inconsistent statements, which showed discrepancies between the initial and later statements. The cause of a fatal fall can be presumed from external and internal damages to the body and other circumstantial evidences. But it was difficult to prove the true cause of a fatal fall only from the results of the autopsy and investigation of circumstantial evidences. The author was officially requested to conduct experiments to elucidate possible falling patterns. Judging from the experimental results, deep questions about the witness’s statements arose. These experimental methods and analyses in this paper could be applied to elucidate possible falling patterns of fatal falls from stairs where the fatal causes are controversial. |
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spelling | pubmed-42465322014-11-28 Case Study on Possible Falling Patterns of a Fatal Fall from Stairs NAGATA, Hisao Ind Health Case Report Considering a fatal case of an aged individual, who died due to falling down stairs, the cause of the fatal fall was investigated through experiments. A witness, who was with the victim, when the fatal accident occurred, stated that the aged individual had miss-footed, lost balance at the top of the stairs, and fell accidently from an upper floor to a lower floor. It was very questionable whether or not this witness’s statements were true. The true cause of the fatal fall was unclear, because of the witness’s inconsistent statements, which showed discrepancies between the initial and later statements. The cause of a fatal fall can be presumed from external and internal damages to the body and other circumstantial evidences. But it was difficult to prove the true cause of a fatal fall only from the results of the autopsy and investigation of circumstantial evidences. The author was officially requested to conduct experiments to elucidate possible falling patterns. Judging from the experimental results, deep questions about the witness’s statements arose. These experimental methods and analyses in this paper could be applied to elucidate possible falling patterns of fatal falls from stairs where the fatal causes are controversial. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan 2014-08-01 2014-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4246532/ /pubmed/25088990 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2014-0092 Text en ©2014 National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. |
spellingShingle | Case Report NAGATA, Hisao Case Study on Possible Falling Patterns of a Fatal Fall from Stairs |
title | Case Study on Possible Falling Patterns of a Fatal Fall from
Stairs |
title_full | Case Study on Possible Falling Patterns of a Fatal Fall from
Stairs |
title_fullStr | Case Study on Possible Falling Patterns of a Fatal Fall from
Stairs |
title_full_unstemmed | Case Study on Possible Falling Patterns of a Fatal Fall from
Stairs |
title_short | Case Study on Possible Falling Patterns of a Fatal Fall from
Stairs |
title_sort | case study on possible falling patterns of a fatal fall from
stairs |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246532/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25088990 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2014-0092 |
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