54 results for “traumatic asphyxia”
67y · Male·Mechanical traumatic asphyxia from being run over by a tractor
Ian John Barwick, 67, died from traumatic mechanical asphyxia after being run over by a 50-year-old David Brown 780 tractor on his farm. While win…
68y · Male·Traumatic asphyxia due to entrapment between shipping container wall and semi-tr…
A 68-year-old man with 17 years' experience died from traumatic asphyxia when unloading semi-trailer axles from a shipping container at work. He failed to position the …
0y · Male·Complications of birth-related traumatic head injury
…y Tribe, a neonate born at 36 weeks gestation, died at 7 days of age from complications of birth-related traumatic head injury. Labour was prolonged in the second stage; instrumental delivery was attempted but abandoned…
Traumatic asphyxia as a result of being buried by soil and a steel beam followin…
…h wall collapsed during excavation work, causing him to be buried by soil and a steel beam. He died from traumatic asphyxia. The coroner found the death resulted from an unsupported trench wall that lacked adequate shor…
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 …
20y · Male·Prone restraint asphyxia in the setting of alcohol intoxication and centripetal …
Jesse Edwards, a 20-year-old Yorta Yorta and Mutthi Mutthi man, died from prone restraint asphyxia following a physical altercation outside a nightclub in Swan Hill. He was restrained face-down by a secur…
61y · Female·Asphyxia in the setting of upper airway obstruction, neck compression and immers…
… her swimming pool on 8 July 2011 in Wantirna South, Victoria. The coroner determined death was caused by asphyxia from upper airway obstruction, neck compression, and immersion. Evidence indicated she was attacked in be…
53y · Male·Mechanical asphyxia in the setting of a motor vehicle incident (driver)
A 53-year-old truck driver died from mechanical asphyxia when his vehicle left a rural highway near a right-hand bend with poor road design. Toxicological testing…
30y · Male·Positional asphyxia and inhalation of blood due to motor vehicle accident
Barry Cavanagh, aged 30, died from positional asphyxia after losing control of his vehicle at high speed while driving under the influence of alcohol. He had be…
46y · Male·Traumatic injuries to the head and neck together with positional asphyxia
…e suspended upside-down in his seatbelt, sustaining fatal head and neck injuries compounded by positional asphyxia. While not a medical case, this death highlights the critical danger of driving under the influence of mu…
66y · Male·unascertained (differential diagnosis: chronic alcoholism with alcohol withdrawa…
Colin Norman, a 66-year-old man with significant disability from traumatic brain injury, chronic alcoholism and liver cirrhosis, died at home after failing to receive essential di…
27y · Female·Traumatic asphyxia
A 27-year-old German backpacker died when a ride-on mower she was riding as an unauthorised passenger rolled on a steep slope. She and her boyfriend were employed in exchange for board and food picking avocados. After co…
83y · Male·Traumatic asphyxia in a man with coronary artery atherosclerosis
Norman Anderson, 83, died from traumatic asphyxia when he became entrapped face-down in the mesh webbing of a Siltex 'Disappearing Cotside' bed r…
41y · Male·unascertained, in circumstances of methylamphetamine intoxication, extreme physi…
… (1.6mg/L, well above recreational use levels), concurrent COVID-19 and rhinovirus infections, and minor traumatic brain injuries from the fight. The coroner concluded his death resulted from the combined effects of pro…
59y · Female·Mechanical (traumatic) asphyxia as result of motor vehicle incident
…lerated forward. She attempted to reopen the doors but fell under the front tyre and was crushed, causing asphyxiation. This incident highlights the vulnerability of bus door interlock systems that rely solely on driver …
51y · Female·blunt force head injuries, stab wounds of the right neck and gagging
Michelle Louise Meades, aged 51, died from blunt force head injuries, stab wounds to the neck, and gagging following a violent assault at a residential unit in Tasmania. Ms Meades had a history of methamphetamine and mar…
36y · Female·plastic bag asphyxia
… recurrent suicidal ideation and self-harm, died in custody at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre from plastic bag asphyxia on 29 August 2020. She was housed in a maximum security prison with appropriate psychiatric oversight, ho…
Male·traumatic asphyxia due to mine accident (loader operator falling into stope and …
…oader fell 29 metres into a stope while he was backfilling. He was crushed by backfill material, causing traumatic asphyxiation. The coroner found that a temporary steel stop log would likely have prevented his death. T…
Multiple causes across seven deaths: severe blunt trauma, crush injuries, trauma…
This coronial inquest examined seven quad bike fatalities in Tasmania between 2012-2015. The deceased included farmers, workers, and recreational riders aged 21-75 years. Key findings: inadequate training was a significa…
27y · Male·Asphyxia due to plastic bag asphyxia with inhalation of argon gas
Joshua Perkins, 27 years old, died by asphyxiation using a plastic bag connected to an argon gas canister. He had experienced persistent depression sinc…
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