21y · Male·Complications of injuries sustained when a trench wall collapsed
Jack Brownlee, 21, died from crush injuries sustained in a workplace trench collapse at a construction site. Despite family concerns that exc…
82y · Female·Crush injuries of the chest sustained in a single vehicle quad bike crash
Joy Hayes, aged 82, died from crush injuries to the chest sustained in a single-vehicle quad bike crash on 22 April 2022. She was operating th…
48y · Female·Neck and chest injuries sustained in the incident with the cherry picker. Mechan…
Ms Peuckert, a 48-year-old farm worker with 12 years experience, died from crush injuries to her neck and chest while operating an Afron HAS-650 cherry picker on her employer's farm. She …
2y · Male·Crush chest injuries
A two-year-old boy died from crush chest injuries after a heavy homemade hallway table (approximately 70kg, made from a railway sleeper) topp…
14y · Male·Crush injuries to the head and chest due to being run over by a bus
A 14-year-old boy died from crush injuries after being run over by a school bus on Wises Road, Gympie. He had requested an undesignated stop…
40y · Male·Crush injuries from quad bike rollover. Operator (D): bilateral multiple rib fra…
On 3 January 2014, a 40-year-old male operator and his 9-year-old nephew died from crush injuries sustained in a quad bike rollover on private property in rural Queensland. The operator was sever…
61y · Female·injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision as a passenger
…hicle collision in rural Victoria. She was trapped in her vehicle for approximately 90 minutes with severe crush injuries and lower limb entrapment. While paramedics provided appropriate field care including fluids and …
11y · Male·Asphyxia due to crush injuries from quad bike rollover
An 11-year-old boy with moderate intellectual disability died from asphyxia due to crush injuries when an adult-sized quad bike (460cc TGB) rolled onto him on a rural property driveway. He was ri…
27y · Male·Hypothermia and rhabdomyolysis due to traumatic crush injuries of back and legs …
A 27-year-old man died from hypothermia and rhabdomyolysis following crush injuries sustained when a tree fell on him during tree felling on family property. He was using a chainsaw…
21y · Male·crush asphyxia
Reef Kite, a healthy 21-month-old boy, died from crush asphyxia after a chest of drawers toppled onto him in his bedroom while he napped. He was unresponsive whe…
Multiple deaths caused by blunt head injury, multiple crush injuries, and trauma…
…Motel bar, killing five patrons. Post-mortem examinations revealed deaths from blunt head injury, multiple crush injuries, and traumatic asphyxia. Crabbe was convicted of five counts of murder. This case highlights the …
75y · Male·Crush injuries of the chest and pelvis sustained when overrun by a tractor
A 75-year-old experienced farmer died from crush injuries sustained when run over by a Ford 4000 tractor. While attempting to dislodge a hay bale from the …
50y · Male·blunt trauma of the abdomen, pelvis and legs
Retbe Chide Negga, an Ethiopian-born seasonal farm worker, died from crush injuries after his leg became trapped beneath a trailer wheel while attempting to board a moving tractor-t…
Quad bike and side-by-side vehicle rollover accidents resulting in drowning, asp…
…s, and lack of formal safety training. Direct causes included drowning from head injury, asphyxiation from crush injuries, and traumatic brain injury. The coroner identified multiple contributing factors: user error (ig…
19y · Male·Traumatic asphyxia
…s, 19, died from traumatic asphyxia after falling from a turf harvester while reversing. He was struck and crushed underneath the machine. Clinical lessons include: (1) traumatic asphyxia causes death within minutes thr…
43y · Male·Crush injuries (chest and abdominal injuries and chest compression) sustained in…
Daniel Thomas Knight, aged 43, died from crush injuries sustained while attempting to clear a blockage in a wastepaper compactor (model TCU 660) at a pri…
39y · Male·hypoxic/ischaemic brain damage due to crush injury of chest and abdomen
A 39-year-old mechanic died from crush injuries to the chest and abdomen while working under a raised Toro mower. He positioned the 700kg mower o…
44y · Male·Crush injury of the torso sustained in a cement truck rollover collision
A 44-year-old experienced cement truck driver died from crush injuries sustained in a rollover accident on 16 May 2024 near Borroloola, NT. The truck was travelling too…
56y · Male·Crush asphyxia (Petrus Jong); multiple injuries with crush asphyxia (Helena Jong…
…axy caravan and a B-double prime-mover on a straight road in South Australia resulted in three deaths from crush asphyxia. The coroner was unable to determine definitively whether caravan design defects (inadequate tow …
69y · Male·Chest and head injuries sustained in a quad bike incident (driver)
A 69-year-old man died from chest and head injuries sustained in a quad bike rollover on his rural property. He was operating an older Honda quad bike withou…
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