Mobile phone battery is big explosion at breast pocket, male died



A policeman examined the man who had put a cell phone in his left chest in South Korea, when the police investigated, the left breast pocket burned and the hole was opened, the burn on the left chest, the ribs were broken, the heart and the lung also damage. Moreover, the battery of the cell phone which was in the pocket was melted, it seems to be caused by the battery.

For details of what kind of manufacturer of mobile phones are together from the following.
Asahi.com: Mobile battery explosion or male death Korea - Society

Asahi.com does not write the name of the mobile phone maker, but overseas CNN makes the manufacturer name public.

Man killed after phone explosion - CNN.com

According to CNN, the police told the AP communication on condition that it is anonymous, it seems that this exploding mobile phone is made in South Korea's LG Electronics (the fifth largest mobile phone maker in the world). In Japan it is named LG Electronics.

LG :: Japan
http://jp.lge.com/

According to LG Electronics' answering BBC, the lithium ion battery of this cell phone is being tested severely by an independent agency, and it is sold only in Korea.

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | S Korea probes 'cell phone death'

According to a man who witnessed the body of the man who was sacrificed, the man shed blood through his nose and the hole in the form of a cell phone was opened in the shirt she was wearing. It seems that it was a fairly powerful explosion.

Furthermore, according to Kim Hun, a doctor at the National University Hospital in Korea, not only fractures of the burns and ribs but also the backbone are broken, and there seems to be a large amount of bleeding in the lungs. The cause of death seems to be damage to the lungs and the heart due to considerable pressure and explosion.

Incidentally,Computerworld articlesAccording to LG, it seems impossible for LG to say that explosion that becomes fatal will happen due to cell phone or its battery.

2007/11/30 2:47 Addendum
Apparently LG Electronics said that the explosion of mobile phones was not the main cause.

Asahi.com: Korean mobile explosion male death, colleague is heavy machine - international

The colleague of the first discoverer was the culprit and it seems that it came under heavy machinery. Did you explode when you came?

in Note,   Mobile, Posted by darkhorse