title: Accidental ligature strangulation due to crop thrasher.
abstract: Forty five years male was accidentally strangled when his shawl was caught in a moving electrical crop thrasher used for separating the grains from dry crops kept after cutting in the field. He was immediately taken to the nearest hospital. He was unconscious. He died after six days. Accidental ligature strangulation in this fashion due to such electrical machine is very rare and not reported previously to the best of our knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College, Yeotmal 445 001, Maharashtra, India. vipulambade@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Vipul Namdeorao
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Ambade
authors.forename: Hemant Vasant
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Godbole
authors.forename: Pradeep Gangadhar
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Dixit
authors.forename: Hemant Ghanshyam
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Kukde
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000383:Agriculture / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003288:Contusions / Q000473:pathology; D004487:Edema / Q000473:pathology; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000473:pathology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D011693:Purpura / Q000473:pathology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology