89 results for “crush injury”
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…
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…
Quad bike and side-by-side vehicle rollover accidents resulting in drowning, asp…
…e manufacturer age warnings, 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 contributin…
68y · Male·head injury from crush trauma between forklift mast components
A 68-year-old experienced forklift operator died after being crushed between the mast and operator's cage of a TCM Series 700 forklift at a trucking business. The evidence s…
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…
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…
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. …
24y · Male·upper cervical spinal crush injury due to motor vehicle accident
A 24-year-old male died from upper cervical spinal crush injury sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle crash while evading police. He had stolen a vehicle and dro…
69y · Male·Chest and head injuries sustained in a quad bike incident (driver)
… bike rollover on his rural property. He was operating an older Honda quad bike without a safety helmet or crush protection device. Toxicological analysis revealed alcohol intoxication (0.11 g/100mL blood ethanol) that …
62y · Male·blunt force chest injury (crush type)
Jonathan Hempel, a 62-year-old soil scientist, was fatally injured when run over by a vehicle driven by Ms Yuk Chu Lin at their residential gate in Wagait Beach. While Mr Hempel was unlocking the gate, Ms Lin inadvertent…
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…
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…
41y · Male·Traumatic asphyxia due to compression by slasher
…ered it onto the blocks and attempted to remove the wire, the blocks became unstable and the slasher fell, crushing his chest. The death was preventable through adherence to workplace safety protocols: the deceased shou…
12y · Female·Crush Asphyxia with Vomit Aspiration
…n a private property near Baldivis, Western Australia. Tarah was trapped beneath the vehicle and died from crush asphyxia complicated by vomit aspiration. The coroner found that multiple unsafe factors combined to cause…
27y · Male·traumatic asphyxia
Michael Johnson, 27, died from traumatic asphyxia after his car rolled on a rural property. He was trapped under the vehicle with the car's pillar compressing his chest. Bystanders called 000, and following operator inst…
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 …
68y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries due to being crushed by a tree during a tree-felli…
Brian 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 fel…
40y · Female·Crush injury to the chest
Gaylee Kati, a 40-year-old waste collection driver, was crushed against a power pole by the side loader arm of her truck on 28 June 2004. She had used cannabis after le…
52y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic brain damage due to mechanical asphyxia and neck compression f…
Christopher Wagg, a 52-year-old diesel fitter, died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain damage caused by crush injuries when trapped between an elevated work platform (EWP) basket and overhead structural beam on 3 Aug…
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…
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