Citation

Clark SP, Delahunt B, Thomson KJ, Fernando TL. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1989; 10(4): 332-334.

Affiliation

Department of Pathology, Wellington Hospital, New Zealand.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2589296

Abstract

Suicidal injuries caused by power tools have rarely been reported in the literature. The case of a 37-year-old white male schizophrenic patient who sustained a fatal self-inflicted neck injury from a band saw, while engaging in occupational therapy, is presented. Unusual features of this type of injury as noted at postmortem examination were the extent of the wound, the absence of hesitation injuries, and the presence of grease wipe, bone dust, and sawdust within the wound.

Language: en