Accidental ligature strangulation due to electric grinder

A Case of Ligature Strangulation in an Agricultural Accident with Unusual Autopsy Findings.

“…This is due to the fact that the strangulation incident was witnessed by her parents who immediately rescued her preventing an instantaneous death. In the earlier reported cases also, survival upto few hours to six days have been reported when the strangulations happened in front of other people [2,5,6,7,9]. …”

“…Similarly in the current case, the unusual presentation of ligature mark is due to the pull of free ends of dupatta in water motor. The previous literature had also reported the mark to be incomplete [2,6,7,9] and oblique [3]. There were too many associated external injuries present over the face and forehead, unlike hanging in which external injury other than the ligature mark is rarely found [12][13][14][15][16][17].…”

“…There were too many associated external injuries present over the face and forehead, unlike hanging in which external injury other than the ligature mark is rarely found [12][13][14][15][16][17]. The accidental ligature strangulation cases have found to be having associated external injuries particularly over upper parts of body [2][3][4][5]8].…”

“…Shawls and mufflers are also used by males during winter season. There have been frequent incidents of accidental strangulation due to entangling of theses drapes during transportation, and in the motorized machinery, equipments and instruments at workplace, factories, and home equipments [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Very rarely these incidents occur in agricultural setup [7][8][9].…”

Survival following accidental ligature strangulation: A case report

“…In India most of the reported cases are in females due to their traditional dress of saree or chunri used with salwar suit. 1,2,5 The majority of the cases reported have resulted in death of the victim. We report a case of accidental strangulation of an adult male by a soft cloth, which got entangled in a machine in which the victim survived.…”