title: [Death by electric shock due to blatantly faulty repair].
abstract: Due to technical innovations and strict safety regulations the rate and mortality of accidents caused by electric current has been considerably reduced. Nevertheless there are still deaths caused by electric shock, which are mostly due to carelessness and ignorance. The described death by electric shock of a 39-year-old man was the consequence of an electrotechnical curiosity. When repairing a cut extender cable, he installed a second socket on the one part and a second plug on the other. On the day of the accident, he first plugged the part of the cable with the two plugs into a wall socket. Then, as he tried to connect it with the other part, he was electrocuted.
authors.affiliation: Aus dem Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hartwig
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmeling
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wirth
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D001926:Brain Death / Q000473:pathology; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male