477 results for “blunt trauma”
76y · Male·Intracranial Haemorrhage Secondary to Blunt Head Trauma (Fall) in the Setting of…
A 76-year-old man with newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukaemia in blast crisis was admitted to hospital with sepsis and pancytopenia from chemotherapy. He suffered multiple falls while confused from sepsis, sustaining …
Female·Wendy Murphy: blunt head and chest trauma; Natalie McCormack: haemorrhage follow…
Two Aboriginal women in Alice Springs died from domestic violence after years of repeated assaults by intimate partners. Wendy Murphy, 36, was beaten to death by Stanley Scrutton after a 10-year history of documented vio…
17y · Male·Circulatory failure caused by traumatic brain injury from being struck by a log
Christiaan Adriaan Roodt, a 17-year-old Year 10 student, died from traumatic brain injury when struck by a 6-metre log during a 'Capture The Flag' game at Mount Ainslie, near his s…
62y · Male·Blunt force trauma to the head
Gordon Harvey, a 62-year-old man, was fatally assaulted with a hammer and the premises subsequently set on fire by his intimate partner, Suleyman Kepenci, on 17-19 January 2016. This case reveals critical systemic failur…
27y · Female·Multiple blunt force injuries in the context of a single vehicle rollover
Grace Moulding, a 27-year-old British woman, died in a single-vehicle rollover on the Sandover Highway while driving an unregistered Art Centre vehicle at an estimated 116 km/h on an unsealed road. Critical failures incl…
24y · Female·Head injury from repeated blunt force trauma
A 24-year-old woman was fatally assaulted by her intimate partner after a period of escalating domestic and family violence. The perpetrator had a documented history of violent DFV across multiple relationships, with pri…
0y · Male·Acute traumatic head injury (non-accidental)
A 7-month-old child died from acute traumatic head injury sustained from non-accidental blunt force. Clinical lessons include: medical staff should s…
48y · Female·Neck and chest injuries sustained in the incident with the cherry picker. Mechan…
Ms Peuckert, a 48-year-old farm worker with 12 years experience, died from crush injuries to her neck and chest while operating an Afron HAS-650 cherry picker on her employer's farm. She was directed to use the machine a…
8y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in collision between semi-trailer and train at level…
On 5 June 2007, a semi-trailer driven by Christian Scholl collided with a V/Line passenger train at the Kerang level crossing in regional Victoria, killing 11 train passengers and causing severe injuries. This comprehens…
Female·Mona: multiple internal injuries (including head and lung injuries) sustained in…
Mona Lisa Smith (16) and Jacinta 'Cindy' Rose Smith (15), Aboriginal girls from Bourke, NSW, died in a single-vehicle motor vehicle accident on 6 December 1987 when a Toyota utility driven by Alexander Grant rolled over …
5y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a collision between a semi-trailer and a V/Line p…
A semi-trailer collided with a V/Line passenger train at a level crossing near Kerang on 5 June 2007, killing 11 passengers instantly or within hours. The collision was caused by a heavy vehicle driver unfamiliar with th…
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…
54y · Male·Blunt force head injury due to hit by rock while driving
…l tyres on an earthmoving truck and was ejected at high velocity during acceleration, causing catastrophic traumatic brain injury with unsurvivable injuries including complex fractures, intracranial haemorrhages, and vas…
54y · Male·Deaths from bushfire (incineration, inhalation of products of combustion, blunt …
A major bushfire on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in South Australia on 10-11 January 2005 killed nine people. The fire originated from a carbonaceous particle emitted from Marco Visic's diesel vehicle exhaust system with def…
41y · Female·Multiple injuries from assault
…ear-old woman with physical disability and stable mental health was killed by her adult son through severe blunt force trauma including extensive rib fractures causing flail chest, pneumohaemothorax, liver lacerations, …
27y · Female·Intracranial haemorrhage with associated blunt head, chest and abdominal trauma
A 27-year-old Aboriginal woman was killed by her violent partner while he was on parole with conditions explicitly prohibiting contact with her. Despite documented escalating domestic violence over 12 years (including bo…
26y · Female·intentionally inflicted gunshot wounds to the head
This complex triple-inquest into the deaths of two women in 1991 reveals systemic investigative failures and challenges the original murder-suicide finding. Julie-Anne Leahy and Vicki Arnold died from gunshot wounds on 2…
48y · Female·head injuries from multiple blunt force trauma including punching, elbowing and …
A 48-year-old woman, Kathy Tranter, was killed by her 20-year-old son who was an involuntary psychiatric patient at Orygen Youth Health (OYH) with acute paranoid schizophrenia. The son was granted overnight leave on 3 Ma…
41y · Male·blunt head trauma sustained in motor vehicle collision
James William Venning, aged 41, died when his fully loaded semi-trailer crashed at the base of the South-Eastern Freeway, Adelaide, after becoming uncontrollable during descent. His gearbox was in neutral, forcing relian…
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…
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