198 results for “workplace injury”
25y · Male·Multiple system failure and ingestion of sodium nitrite
… treatment was thus delayed by nearly 2 hours, missing the window for potentially preventing hypoxic brain injury. The hospital has since implemented automated flagging of abnormal methaemoglobin levels. Clinician educat…
27y · Male·Complications of snake bite
Shane Kyle Tatti, a 27-year-old gardener, died from complications of tiger snake envenomation. After a vigorous bite on 6 November 2014, he received one vial of tiger snake antivenom at Orbost Hospital 62 minutes post-bi…
54y · Male·neck compression
Ivica Andrijasevic, a 54-year-old boilermaker, died from neck compression after being crushed by a malfunctioning Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP) at a construction site. The MEWP's jib switch was defective and faile…
2y · Female·Drowning (Fresh Water)
A 2-year-old girl died from freshwater drowning at a public pool in rural Queensland. She was briefly unsupervised when her guardian stepped away for approximately two minutes to speak with a family member at the pool fe…
38y · Male·electrocution from contact with live electrical wiring during repair of solar ho…
Darryll Stuart Davis, a 38-year-old self-employed electrician, was electrocuted on 30 June 2006 while working on a solar hot water service in Ngukurr Community, NT. He was working live on exposed electrical wiring withou…
54y · Male·Drowning after falling overboard from the Shanendale at Otter Reef
Peter Trcka, an experienced 54-year-old fisherman with an artificial leg and history of alcohol-related seizures, disappeared from a trawler anchored at Otter Reef on 1 March 2006. He was last seen at 4:30am appearing we…
67y · Male·Multiple injuries due to impact by falling container
Peter Raymond Fenton, 67-year-old master of the tug Kiandra, died when a 98kg insulated food storage container fell 12-13 metres from a ship's crane while being returned to his barge. The container was improperly slung u…
23y · Female·Pulmonary barotrauma due to or as a consequence of a scuba diving accident
Maren Lyndsey Dell, 23, died during a resort dive at Agincourt Reef from pulmonary barotrauma caused by rapid ascent from 9 metres. She panicked when unable to clear water from her mask and ascended quickly without expel…
23y · Male·Thermal injury in association with electrocution
…old graduate electrical engineer in Western Power's training program, died on 19 January 2000 from thermal injury and electrocution at the Coolgardie substation in Western Australia. While undertaking a routine familiari…
33y · Male·Pelvic crush injury sustained while working at an underground coal mine
…preparedness. Medical response was appropriate but injuries were unsurvivable given the mechanism of crush injury and extent of pelvic trauma.
54y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from neck compression due to entrapme…
Jorge Castillo-Riffo, a 54-year-old construction worker, died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from neck compression. While working on a scissor lift to patch post-tensioning pockets on a concrete slab edg…
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…
32y · Male·blunt trauma to the chest and abdomen due to crushing by a steel beam
Benjamin Wicks, a 32-year-old experienced pile driver, died on 29 January 2013 when a steel pile fell and crushed him during a pile-driving operation at a waste transfer centre construction site. The accident occurred be…
75y · Male·Burns
75-year-old John Drane, a resident of Masonic Care Queensland, died from extensive burns on 9 January 2014. The coroner concluded he intentionally set himself alight using a cigarette lighter shortly after receiving his …
37y · Female·Christine Nan Leonardi: massive soft tissue and bony injury due to motor vehicle…
A 37-year-old mother and her 6-year-old son died when struck by a Franna AT-20 mobile articulated steering crane that lost control on a downhill stretch of road. The crane operator, an experienced driver, was travelling …
18y · Female·Multiple fractures of the skull, separation of C2 and C3 and generalised cerebra…
Sarah Waugh, aged 18, died on 24 March 2009 following a fall from a horse (Dargo) during a Jackaroo/Jillaroo course at TAFE NSW Western Institute Dubbo. The coroner found multiple critical systemic failures: TAFE impleme…
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…
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