열린 공간에서 부패가스인 이산화탄소와 산소 부족에 의한 질식 사망사례
Sudden unexpected death due to oxygen deficiency and carbon dioxide poisoning by decomposition gases in opened occupational areas
According to a case of sudden unexpected death of both asphyxiation and toxicity of gases at an open job site, a worker died near a landfill area after inhaling gases produced by decomposition. At the site of the accident, oxygen concentration was measured at 1.9 %, methane at 2.0 % and carbon dioxide at 21.7 %. Another case of unexpected death of asphyxiation occuned at an open job site of trash heap with an oxygen concentration at 6 %, carbon dioxide and methane concentrations at 17.2 %, 0.97 %, respectively. In cases of death of both asphyxiation caused by an acute lack of oxygen and carbon dioxide toxicity, it is necessary to perform accurate scene investigations to determine both the cause and manner of death.
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Abstract I. Introduction II Case history 2.1 Case 1. Death at an excavation job site 2.2 Case 2. Death on a trash heap III. Materials and methods 3.1 Gas sample collection at the accident site 3.2 Instrument 3.3 Chemicals and quantitative analysis IV. Results 4.1 Autopsy findings 4.2 Gases analysis 4.3 Gas concentrations at the jobsites V. Discussion VI. References
법과학 분야는 사회정의 구현에 있어 크나큰 가치가 있음에도 불구하고 우리나라에서는 이 분야에 대한 인식이 미흡하여 선진 외국에 비해 침체되어 있는 실정이다. 이에 우리나라에서도 법과학 분야와 관련 있는 학계, 연구기관, 수사기관 등 유관 단체들로 구성된 한국 법과학회를 창립하여 이 분야를 활성화 시켜 과학수사를 한층 더 발전시키기 위함을 목적으로 한다.