Coroner's Finding: Taylor, Carter Jim
Deceased
Carter Jim Taylor
Demographics
20y, male
Date of death
2022-04-02
Finding date
2023-08-18
Cause of death
Blunt traumatic injuries from fall from height
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Carter Jim Taylor, a 20-year-old apprentice builder, died following a fall from a 30-metre cliff at Clifton Beach, Tasmania on 2 April 2022. While walking near the cliff edge with friends, he lost his footing, slid down an embankment and fell off the cliff, sustaining fatal blunt traumatic injuries to the head, neck, thorax, abdomen and pelvis. Emergency services responded rapidly with a rescue helicopter, Emergency Medicine Specialist and paramedics attending within 30 minutes. Despite immediate stabilisation efforts, his injuries were incompatible with survival. The coroner found this was a tragic accident with no suspicious circumstances and commended the emergency response. No clinical lessons or preventable factors were identified.
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Clinical conditions
Contributing factors
- Loss of footing near cliff edge
- Fall from approximately 30 metres
- High velocity impact with rocks at base of cliff
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