Securing and preserving the scene of an electrical accident

One of the intended purposes of forensics engineering is to help establish what happened (accident scene reconstruction) and to identify the failure mode. This is done by carefully documenting the conditions at an accident scene and recognizing all relevant evidence. The ability to secure the scene,...

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Published in2001 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference pp. 27 - 30
Main Authors Magee, A.H., Hittel, M.J.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2001
Subjects
Electric shock
Electrical accidents
Electrical engineering
Fires
Forensics
Injuries
Law
Layout
Legal factors
Security
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ISBN0780370554
9780780370555
DOI10.1109/ICPS.2001.966508

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Summary:One of the intended purposes of forensics engineering is to help establish what happened (accident scene reconstruction) and to identify the failure mode. This is done by carefully documenting the conditions at an accident scene and recognizing all relevant evidence. The ability to secure the scene, recognize and properly collect physical evidence is critical to the process. Evidence that is fragile or not readily visible may be destroyed or lost if not secured and collected immediately. In addition the evidence may be subject to future litigation. For these reasons, it is necessary to establish procedures for how to secure the scene of an electrical accident to preserve the evidence.
ISBN:0780370554
9780780370555
DOI:10.1109/ICPS.2001.966508