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82 results for crush injuries

NSWcommunity2018-12-17

Inquest into the death of Indy Henderson

3y · Female·Multiple crush injuries to the chest and abdomen

Indy Henderson, aged 3, died from crush injuries when a sandstone Anzac memorial headstone collapsed at a public venue while she was playing nearb…

proceduralsystem
WA2016-06-03

Inquest into the Death of Elizabeth Francisca ALLEN

60y · Female·multiple injuries from being run over by boat trailer

Elizabeth Allen, age 60, died from multiple crush injuries when run over by a boat trailer near Muchea, Western Australia in November 2012. She was a passen…

amitriptyline
VICcommunity2015

Finding into death of Katie Louise Broadbent

35y · Female·Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident; mechanical asphyxia due to sever…

Katie Louise Broadbent, a 35-year-old theatre technician, died from mechanical asphyxia caused by crush injuries when run over by a motor vehicle at an unregulated rural music festival. The driver, intoxicated …

forensic medicineemergency medicinesystemalcohol
ACT2018-06-28

AN INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OFCONSTANCE CAROLLE HARRISON

65y · Female·Severe crush injury of chest due to involvement in a motor vehicle accident

Constance Harrison, a 65-year-old primary school teacher, died from severe crush injuries sustained when struck by a school bus at a pedestrian crossing in Canberra. She was lawfully cros…

SAhome2001-09-10

Coroner's Finding: CORNISH Olive Edna

75y · Female·Avulsion of the inferior vena cava from the heart due to severe crush injury of …

A 75-year-old woman died from crush injuries sustained when her 1982 Mitsubishi Sigma sedan reversed unexpectedly whilst she was behind it. Th…

QLDcommunity2015-08-03

Inquest into nine (9) deaths caused by Quad Bike accidents

Multiple causes across nine deaths; primary causes included rollover with crush …

…high injury risk; (3) proper training is essential, yet most riders receive only informal instruction; (4) crush protection devices (CPDs) remain controversial but may provide net benefit in low-speed roll-overs typical…

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VIChome2020-09-18

Finding into death of Mr ST

33y · Male·Crush injury to the head (depressed right temporoparietal skull fracture)

A 33-year-old man died from crush injuries to the head while working on a Land Rover at home. He was working alone beneath the vehicle suppo…

forensic medicineprocedural
QLDcommunity2012-11-15

Oakley, Meleta Eliza

16y · Female·Crush injury to chest due to motor vehicle trauma

A 16-year-old female passenger died from crush injuries sustained in a motor vehicle rollover. The driver, who was intoxicated (BAC 0.227%), was directed…

forensic medicineemergency medicinealcohol
QLD2011-11-24

Choi, Seongeun; Park, Sang Won

Unknown·Ms Choi: hypoxic brain damage due to drowning/immersion due to rafting accident;…

…but died from hypoxic brain damage five days later. Mr Park remained entrapped and died from drowning with crush injuries. The coroner found that RnR Adventures' risk controls for raft collisions were weak, relying on u…

emergency medicineintensive caresystemcommunication
QLD2013-08-26

Auld, Michael Earle

50y · Male·Multiple injuries due to crush injury to abdomen and chest

Michael Auld, a 50-year-old mining service crew member, was fatally crushed between a Volvo loader basket and a Toyota utility tray at Cannington Mine on 17 January 2008. While wor…

proceduralsystem
QLD2009-09-10

Blee, Jason George Elliott

33y · Male·Pelvic crush injury sustained while working at an underground coal mine

Jason Blee, a 33-year-old experienced miner and trainer at Moranbah North Mine in Queensland, was fatally crushed on 9 April 2007 when a shuttle car pinned him against a rib (wall) in a narrow underground heading. Foll…

occupational and environmental healthemergency medicinesystemdelay
VIChospital2012-03-06

Finding into death of TS

70y · Male·aspiration pneumonia and hypoxic brain injury in a setting of a man involved in …

A 70-year-old experienced painter suffered crush injuries to the neck when his head became pinned between a scissor lift platform and factory ceiling. He r…

intensive carerehabilitation medicinesystem
QLD2009-11-06

O'Keefe, Albert William

Male·Multiple crush injuries to the thorax and pelvis

… with Anthony Hutton (driving a Toyota LandCruiser north) on a single-lane bitumen road. O'Keefe died from crush injuries to the thorax and pelvis. Evidence indicated Hutton's vehicle was on the incorrect side of the ro…

aspirin
TAS2018-08-29

Coroner's Finding: Cross, Adrian John

49y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a bicycle and truck collision

Adrian John Cross, a 49-year-old cyclist, died from massive unsurvivable injuries sustained in a collision with a garbage truck on the Bass Highway at Somerset, Tasmania on 8 February 201…

forensic medicine
TAShome2017-08-11

Coroner's Finding: Dransfield, Brian

68y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries due to being crushed by a tree during a tree-felli…

…ian Dransfield, a 68-year-old man with decades of tree-felling experience, died from multiple blunt force injuries when a large tree fell on him while felling it alone on his property. Expert review identified poor felli…

forensic medicineemergency medicineprocedural
NSW2018-02-16

Inquest into the death of Daniel Howard Inquiry into the fire at the Occidental Hotel Cobar

37y · Male·crush injuries to the head, chest, abdomen and pelvis sustained when a wall of t…

Daniel Howard, a retained firefighter with FRNSW in rural Cobar NSW, died from crush injuries when a wall collapsed on him during a structural fire at the Occidental Hotel on 17 August 2014. …

emergency medicineoccupational and environmental healthsystemcommunication
SA2013-05-14

Coroner's Finding: SCHULZ Sophie Ann

1y · Female·Head injuries from crush force caused by hydraulic massage table lowering mechan…

An 18-month-old girl died from crush injuries to her head when trapped in the hydraulic lowering mechanism of a massage table at a private clin…

occupational and environmental healthproceduralsystem
TAS2022-04-21

Coroner's Finding: Beesley, Nathaniel Owen

32y · Male·Multiple traumatic crush injuries sustained in a rock fall

Nathaniel Owen Beesley, age 32, was killed on 17 March 2017 when crushed by a rock fall (approximately 44 tonnes) whilst performing manual scaling operations on the East Wall of…

TAS2015-11-02

Coroner's Finding: CK

3y · Male·blunt trauma of the head when run over by a four-wheel drive vehicle

…the vehicle. As the driver began moving forward slowly, the child was struck and run over, suffering fatal crush injuries to the head. The coroner found the driver was experienced and cautious, the vehicle was mechanica…

VIC2011-10-28

Finding into death of Peter Andrew Ross

56y · Male·Thoracic Crush Injuries

Peter Ross, a 56-year-old hatch foreman, died from thoracic crush injuries when steel bundles being unloaded from a cargo ship became snagged, swung uncontrollably, and str…

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