An Unusual Fatal Injury Due to Bursting of The Coupling Tyre of Electric Generator A Case Report

At a construction site in the capital city of New Delhi, an electric generator developed some mechanical fault. Two mechanics were called to repair it. They repaired the generator and were testing the same, when the rotating coupling tyre made of hard rubber, mounted on coupling of the generator burst and fragmented into three pieces. The pieces acted as missile of which big two hit the mechanic who was standing nearby, over the right upper limb and right side of chest, and small piece hit the mechanic who had started the generator, sustaining only minor injuries. The injured mechanics were taken to the hospital. The mechanic with minor injuries was given first aid, while the other mechanic was immediately operated upon. However, he expired a day after the operation. Autopsy showed multiple lacerations of liver, along with compound fracture of right forearm bones.