Deceased
Stanley John Brady
Demographics
62y, male
Date of death
2015-06-03
Finding date
2015-09-25
Cause of death
Blunt head injuries sustained in a workplace tree-felling accident
AI-generated summary
Stanley Brady, a 62-year-old experienced arborist with decades of tree-felling experience, died from severe blunt head trauma sustained in a workplace tree-felling accident on 21 May 2015. He was admitted to Royal Brisbane Hospital with unsurvivable injuries including multiple skull fractures, traumatic brain injury, and aspiration pneumonia, and died 13 days later. The coroner found that Brady performed the tree felling using correct industry standard methodology, including appropriate scarf and back cuts, and had identified a safe refuge position. However, the felled tree impacted other trees in an unpredictable manner, causing one tree to bend and whip backward, striking the stump where Brady sheltered and striking him in the head. The coroner concluded this was a freak accident that could not have been prevented despite appropriate preparation and execution of the felling procedure.
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