It seems logical that the man was subject to some violent force which causes his injuries and in addition, damaged the phone battery causing it to heat up. The phone did not start the chain of events causing the man's injuries, but heated up in parallel due to the same physical force the man experienced. I think they will conclude that the man fell, was caught in some kind of explosion, or a disgruntled coworker ran into the man with a piece of heavy equipment. The phone was not the cause but also a victim of the same physical force the man was subject to.
Many cell phone and notebook battery meltdowns occurred after it was dropped which can cause internal or external shorting of the cells. When this happens, these batteries can get very hot. If you drop your cell phone, it would be good advice to not pick it up and shove it in your pocket. Wait and see what it is going to do and make sure the cells were not damaged. The other Brian From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of kazimier_gawrzy...@dell.com Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 1:13 PM To: peter.tar...@sanmina-sci.com; emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Mobile phone killed one person in Korea Agreed. The main point is one I think many of us already know quite well.....news articles do not necessarily pure fact or all the details but often lead a great number of people to draw a great number of conclusions while the true investigation into the details, chain of events and circumstances is underway......just because it's "news". Thanks, Kaz From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Tarver, Peter Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:01 PM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Mobile phone killed one person in Korea > From: Kazimier Gawrzyjal > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:59 AM > Also..this article alleges this poor fellow worked in a quarry and > implies he may have been near explosives....if true and the poor chap > worked in a quarry...was he carrying a cell phone near explosives? > (usually warned against in cell phone user manuals). > http://www.iigy.com/2007/11/28/lg-mobile-phone-explosion-kille > d-forklifts-workers-history-of-the-first-case-of-south-korean/ The above cited article also indicates the victim was: 1) a fork lift operator 2) found "lying on the power shovel edge" 3) found by persons after some charges were set, not that he was intentionally near explosives with his cell phone (it should be quarry company policy to prohibit all unauthorized transmitters on quarry property and the phone should have been stowed a safe distance away from any blast sites) The victim was found neither inside the protected area of either his forklift, nor in the operator's cabin of the power shovel. By all appearances, a fall is likely involved. Such a fall may be attributable to surprise at the cell phone battery igniting. It is also possible that the victim, falling onto the "power shovel edge," with full impact weight on the cell phone, caused an insidious condition in the battery to culminate in the fire. If a Li-ion battery has a problem similar to the contamination features discussed in this forum in recent months, it may be possible that the cell phone needn't be "ON" to result in the battery flaming on. I'm willing to attribute the statement, "explosives punctured his heart and lungs leading to death," to translation error, especially since the remainder of the article is largely mangled. Regards, Peter L. Tarver, PE ptar...@ieee.org CONFIDENTIALITY This e-mail message and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. 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