A coroner from South Korea’s leading forensic investigation bureau has questioned whether an exploding mobile phone could have caused the fatal injuries sustained by a worker who was found dead with the burning device stuck to his chest. 

The 33-year-old South Korean quarry worker, who was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital on Wednesday, had burns on his chest, fractured ribs and internal bleeding.

The man, identified only by his last name, variously spelt as Sur, Suh or Seo, was found by his coworkers on Wednesday morning in central South Korea where he was operating a hydraulic shovel. His mobile phone was melted in his left chest pocket, police said.

Witness Kwon Young-sup told national broadcaster YTN: "He was lying on the ground and his mobile phone was still burning so I had to put the fire out."

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A coroner from South Korea’s leading forensic investigation bureau has questioned whether an exploding mobile phone could have caused the fatal injuries sustained by a worker who was found dead with the burning device stuck to his chest. 

The 33-year-old South Korean quarry worker, who was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital on Wednesday, had burns on his chest, fractured ribs and internal bleeding.

The man, identified only by his last name, variously spelt as Sur, Suh or Seo, was found by his coworkers on Wednesday morning in central South Korea where he was operating a hydraulic shovel. His mobile phone was melted in his left chest pocket, police said.

Witness Kwon Young-sup told national broadcaster YTN: "He was lying on the ground and his mobile phone was still burning so I had to put the fire out."

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