A retrospective study on electrocution deaths related to railway was conducted at the Department of Forensic Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Delhi, India, over a 12 year period from 2000 to 2011. Data was analyzed with regard to the age, sex, pattern of injury, survival period and cause of death. Of these cases, 24 (100%) were male. The commonest age group of the victims was 21–30 years (45.83%). The typical electric contact burn was seen in 7 cases (29.16%) and the atypical electro-thermal burn was seen in 23 cases (95.83%). The entry wound were seen in 6 cases (25%), exit wounds in 4 cases (16.66%) and both entry and exit wounds were seen in 3 cases (12.5%). The electric entry wounds were present over the head and palms in 2 cases each (33.33%) followed by shoulder and dorsum in 1 case each (16.66%). The exit wounds were located in the soles in all the 4 cases (100%). The average total body surface area (TBSA) of burn was 60.29%. The mean survival period was 5.68 days. In 83.33% of cases the cause of death was septicaemia.
Railway, Electrocution, Septicaemia
