Dicing refers to injuries caused by what?

• A. Injuries from glass fragments
• B. Injuries from blunt force
• C. Burns from scalding liquids
• D. Crushing injuries

Answer: (A)

Dicing refers to injuries caused by glass fragments. Glass shards are extremely sharp, so when broken glass injures the skin they tend to produce cutting-type wounds that can be single or multiple, often with clean or jagged edges depending on the shard and the force. You may also see glass particles embedded in tissue. This pattern is distinct from blunt force injuries, which come from impact with a non-sharp object and usually cause bruising and swelling rather than clean incisions; burns from scalding liquids are thermal injuries, and crushing injuries result from heavy pressure causing deep tissue damage. So, the hallmark of dicing is the injury produced by sharp glass fragments.