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13y · Female·Multiple injuries due to motor vehicle accident
A 13-year-old Aboriginal girl in residential care absconded with a vehicle after an extended violent altercation with youth workers and died in a high-speed motor vehicle crash. She had extensive trauma history, PTSD, re…
62y · Male·Blunt head injuries sustained in a workplace tree-felling accident
Stanley Brady, a 62-year-old experienced arborist with decades of tree-felling experience, died from severe blunt head trauma sustained in a workplace tree-felling accident on 21 May 2015. He was admitted to Royal Brisba…
21y · Male·Multiple gunshot wounds deliberately inflicted by member of Afghan National Army
Three Australian soldiers died in an insider attack at Patrol Base Wahab, Afghanistan on 29 August 2012. An Afghan soldier, Hekmatullah, fired approximately 30 rounds killing Sapper James Martin and Private Robert Poate …
2y · Male·Drowning
A 2-year-5-month-old child drowned in a cattle dip on a Central Queensland property after wandering 400 metres from the fenced house yard while parents were occupied with routine tasks. The child traversed an unformed di…
24y · Male·Multiple injuries including fractured left ribs leading to punctured and collaps…
Cameron Cole, aged 24, was killed when a heavy steel pipe rack fell from a flatbed trailer during unloading at a remote gas well site. The load of five pipe racks had been inadequately restrained with chains and binders,…
Female·Verris Dawn Wright: septic shock due to small bowel ischaemia secondary to small…
Two joint inquests examined failures in recognising clinical deterioration in rural hospital patients. Mrs Wright, 86, presented with abdominal pain and a low temperature (early sepsis), but staff did not escalate when s…
Male·Multiple injuries sustained as a result of a fall from height caused by swing st…
Two construction workers died when a swing stage scaffold failed during external concrete patching work on a multi-storey building. The scaffold had been installed by Allscaff Systems in a manner deviating significantly …
31y · Male·Hanging
Scott Matthew O'Connor, a 31-year-old male, died by suicide in the Maximum Security Unit of Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre on 22 January 2013. He had been assessed as high-risk for self-harm and placed on 30-minute ob…
57y · Male·ascending cholangitis due to or as a consequence of cholangiocarcinoma
Maxwell Ronald Brown, a 57-year-old Aboriginal man, died in custody from ascending cholangitis secondary to inoperable cholangiocarcinoma. Admitted to Townsville Hospital palliative care unit on 22 February 2014, his dea…
27y · Male·Electrocution causing cardiac arrest
A 27-year-old labourer, Jason Garrels, died from electrocution after contacting a metal construction switchboard with live 240V wiring on 27 February 2012. The coroner found critical failures in electrical safety complia…
Multiple causes across nine deaths; primary causes included rollover with crush …
This is a complex coronial inquest examining nine quad bike deaths in Queensland, with a focus on prevention through regulatory and design measures. Key clinical and safety lessons include: (1) helmet use is critical—33.…
24y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to or as a consequence of hanging
Jake Daniel Waterhouse, a 24-year-old man with bipolar disorder and anxiety, died by suicidal hanging at Ipswich General Hospital. He had a history of mental illness, had distanced himself from his biological family, and…
57y · Male·Head injury from fall; with coronary atherosclerosis and complete heart block wi…
A 57-year-old man with bipolar disorder died from head injury following a fall at Toowong Private Hospital. Critical failures in falls risk management were identified: no formal falls risk assessment was completed on adm…
69y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage due to sepsis (Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia), com…
A 69-year-old man with a history of myocardial infarction and atrial fibrillation presented to a rural hospital with fever, lethargy, tachycardia and elevated troponin. The treating doctor diagnosed NSTEMI based on the e…
30y · Female·Fentanyl overdose caused by self-administration of intravenous Fentanyl
Katie Howman, a 30-year-old registered nurse in the Critical Care Ward at Toowoomba Base Hospital, died from an intravenous Fentanyl overdose on 21 December 2013. Autopsy findings of crystalline granulomas in the lungs i…
39y · Male·drowning
Gavin Joseph Kelly, a 39-year-old professional fisherman, died by drowning when the prawn fishing trawler D-TITAN capsized in the Coral Sea on 1 March 2013. The vessel suddenly rolled violently to port during a routine t…
72y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to sepsis caused by abdominal adhesions from previous…
Michael Hamilton, 72, presented with acute abdominal pain post-bladder surgery while anticoagulated with warfarin. Initial assessment suspected duodenal perforation based on CT findings; laparotomy was performed but foun…
32y · Female·Gunshot wounds to the head
Elissa Anne Burnett, 32, was fatally shot by her former partner Lachlan O'Rourke during what was intended as a property retrieval visit. O'Rourke had a documented history of controlling, abusive, and violent behaviour ac…
42y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head (self-inflicted)
Lachlan O'Rourke, aged 42, died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head on 3 October 2012 at his home in Brisbane. He killed his ex-partner Elissa Burnett moments before taking his own life. The death followed th…
41y · Male·Myocardial infarction secondary to coronary atherosclerosis, resulting in sudden…
A 41-year-old man with multiple cardiac risk factors (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, obstructive sleep apnoea, family history) presented with chest pain and was diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome. Coronary an…
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