Medicolegal Implications of Deaths due to Agricultural Accidents.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol
; 45(3): 224-230, 2024 Sep 01.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38261551
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Agriculture encompasses a variety of activities that carry with them a variety of different risks. The unsafe use of vehicles, machinery, and tools as well as animal husbandry, working at heights, and exposure to chemical, biological, and weather events may result in the deaths of agricultural workers. Inexperienced operators and/or their inappropriate conduct may lead to avoidable fatalities. Forensic pathologists operating with the support of agricultural engineers or other professionals must evaluate the death scene, the case background and circumstances, the autopsy findings, and the toxicological data to establish the factors and dynamics responsible for such accidents and deaths.The aim of this review is to focus on the diagnostic approach required, by means of an interdisciplinary approach, to identify the cause of some typical agricultural fatalities, to confirm that death was accidental, and to help exclude the possibility of homicide or suicide.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Accidents, Occupational
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Agriculture
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Am J Forensic Med Pathol
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italy
Country of publication:
United States