202 results for “environmental injury”
20y · Male·closed head injury
A 20-year-old man on a stationary scooter was struck from behind by a van while waiting to turn right at a traffic junction in poor visibility. The driver was monocular (one eye only) due to diabetic complications and fa…
75y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease in the setting of unstable type 2 diabetes mellitus and …
Veronica Roberts, 75, died from ischaemic heart disease complicated by unstable diabetes and a medication error. On 4 October 2020, her insulin dose was increased to 20 units daily, but due to Electronic Medical Record (…
35y · Female·Multiple injuries due to motor vehicle accident (driver)
Janet Louise Young, 35, died from multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident involving a semi-trailer rollover. The trailer, carrying bricks loaded by Boral in a shipping container, rolled on a 90-degree ben…
Male·Electrocution from electrical induction shock while installing spacers on high-v…
Danny George Cheney, a newly promoted Construction Manager and Stringing Supervisor with John Holland Group, died from electrocution while installing spacers on high-voltage transmission line conductors. Working from a c…
48y · Female·Head injury
Frances May Cooper, a 48-year-old woman with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, died from head injuries after being struck by a train on 30 October 2011 while on unescorted leave from the mental health unit at Kalgoorlie Re…
50y · Male·electrocution
Maurice Bauer, aged 50, died from electrocution while working on electrical switchboard relocation at a residential construction site in Queensland. The employer, Mr Forsyth, made a deliberate decision to work 'live' (wi…
20y · Male·Electrocution resulting in cardiac arrhythmia and cardiac arrest
Nathan Wade Brooks, a 20-year-old roofer, died from electrocution on 20 March 2000 at Royal Darwin Hospital. While working on a construction site, he and a colleague were moving a mobile scaffold that had been raised to …
20y · Male·acute blood loss from extensive crush injury to torso following an industrial ac…
A 20-year-old apprentice carpenter died from acute blood loss and crush injuries sustained when he fell through a ceiling during demolition work, causing a 3.8-metre high brick chimney to collapse on top of him. The chim…
30y · Male·traumatic asphyxiation
Styles Isaac King, an Aboriginal man aged 30, died from traumatic asphyxiation following restraint by crowd controllers at a bar in Katherine, Northern Territory. During an altercation, he was held face-down on the floor…
31y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury caused by the exogenous administration of insulin, resultin…
Jesse Drabsch, 31, died from hypoglycaemia after self-injecting insulin in a gym bathroom. A competitive bodybuilder using performance and image enhancing drugs (PIEDs), Jesse entered the bathroom at 5:30pm on 16 Novembe…
19y · Female·Consistent with injuries sustained by falling tree impacting cabin of truck
Katie Peters, aged 19, died when a 30-metre alpine ash tree fell on her vehicle while fighting the Harrietville Alpine North fire on 13 February 2013. The coroner found no criticism of individual decision-makers, as no s…
84y · Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
An 84-year-old man with Alzheimer's dementia and a history of wandering left his home on 15 September 2017 and was never found alive. The coroner determined he is deceased, likely died within days of going missing in bus…
27y · Male·gunshot injury to the head
A 27-year-old Western Australian police officer with a longstanding history of depression and anxiety took his own life using his police-issued firearm stored at home. He had struggled with mental health since 2017, atte…
49y · Male·Global cerebral hypoxia due to cardiac arrest and drowning, with bilateral bronc…
Mark Murphy, an experienced diver with 657 logged dives, died during an occupational diving course when his full face mask became accidentally dislodged underwater, resulting in sudden cold-water exposure. This triggered…
16y · Male·complications of ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 16-year-old Aboriginal youth, Cleveland Keith Dodd, died by suicide via hanging in Unit 18, a youth detention centre housed within an adult maximum-security prison in Western Australia. The coroner found Cleveland's de…
27y · Male·Electrocution causing cardiac arrest
A 27-year-old labourer, Jason Garrels, died from electrocution after contacting a metal construction switchboard with live 240V wiring on 27 February 2012. The coroner found critical failures in electrical safety complia…
44y · Male·Massive brain damage due to multiple skull fractures from crush injuries sustain…
Allan Wigg, aged 44, died on 3 December 2004 when the rear levelling pin securing the work platform of a banana bagging machine failed due to a defective weld. The platform collapsed, ejecting him from the operator's bas…
8y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained when ejected from amusement ride
Adelene Leong, age 8, was ejected from the Airmaxx 3601 amusement ride at the Royal Adelaide Show on 12 September 2014 and died from multiple injuries. The coroner found her death was preventable. Critical failures inclu…
33y · Male·Cardio-respiratory arrest in the setting of prone restraint of an agitated obese…
… arrest likely occurring several minutes before CPR commenced. The coroner emphasized that appropriate environmental management and specialist psychiatric care in a dedicated facility would likely have prevented the dea…
78y · Male·complications of head injuries; antecedent cause: dementia
An 78-year-old man with dementia died from head injuries sustained in a push by his roommate, also with dementia, at an aged care facility. The deceased had multiple prior incidents with the aggressor starting in Novembe…
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