REGARDING DETERMINATION OF FORENSIC EXAMINATION OBJECT AND SOURCE DATA CONCEPTS IN ACCIDENTS INVOLVING ELECTRICAL INJURIES

Abstract

Performing forensic engineering examinations of electrical accidents is characterized by a significant variety of factual circumstances of a negative event occurrence, extremely large amount of electrical equipment nomenclature and the number of standards for technical and operational regulations of their use. A separate feature of such researches is the high informative nature of fo- rensic examination objects. At the present stage, scientists and forensic practitioners have scientifically substantiated and given a definition to examination object − one of the basic concepts of forensic science. Analysis of the scientific literature and the devel- opments of scientists in this field indicates that there is still insufficient attention paid to research of the source data concept used by a forensic expert while per- forming a comprehensive examination of electrical accidents involving electrical injuries. In order to ensure the proper quality, completeness and correctness of a fo- rensic report according to the results of researches on accidents involving elec- trical injuries; it is necessary to clearly define the content and understanding by a forensic expert of the concept of source data used for research and which are without doubt crucial for its results. The need for a detailed consideration of correlation criteria of object and source data concepts, the nature of their relationship is determined by the inte- grated nature of applied knowledge in this case: in the fields of electrical engi- neering, occupational safety, life safety, etc. The article outlines the results of research on relationship and correlation of the object of examination and source data concepts, the author’s definition for the concept of examination source data is suggested. It has been established that the completeness and validity of a forensic re- port and its legal significance for investigation and court directly depend on the completeness and accuracy of the provided data on the circumstances of the accident, which serve as source data for a forensic expert.