Fatal propeller injuries: three autopsy case reports.
Most propeller injuries occur at water recreational facilities such as those with provision for water skiing, boat racing, skin and scuba diving. Propeller injuries resulting from nautical accidents can be fatal. The sharp blades of propellers rotating at high speeds cause multiple and serious injuries such as deep laceration, chop wounds, bone fractures and mutilation of extremities. We present the autopsy reports of three people who died after colliding with boat propellers.
Ihama
Yoko
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Department of Forensic Medical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan. makino@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
Ninomiya
Kenji
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Noguchi
Masamichi
M
Fuke
Chiaki
C
Miyazaki
Tetsuji
T
D000059:Accidents; D000328:Adult; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D004242:Diving; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012767:Ships / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*