161 results for “fall from height”
2y·head injuries from accidental fall from third-floor window
A 2-year-11-month-old boy died on 19 March 2011 at Westmead Children's Hospital from head injuries sustained in an accidental fall from a third-floor window three days earlier. The coroner fou…
40y · Male·Injuries sustained in a fall from height
Daniel McKindley, 40, died from injuries sustained in a fall from the 16-metre platform of Poppet Head Lookout tower in Bendigo. He had dep…
48y · Male·Multiple injuries consistent with a jump from a height (14 storeys); broken neck…
Gareth Thornton, aged 48, with a 24-year history of paranoid schizophrenia, died from multiple injuries sustained in a 14-storey fall from his housing commission flat in Carlton, Melbourne, on …
66y · Male·subdural haematoma from head injury sustained in a fall
…ive, dying 19 days post-injury. This case highlights the potential role of environmental safety measures in fall prevention among older adults. The coroner noted that while a handrail was absent, it was unclear whether o…
93y · Female·Haemothorax complicating rib fractures sustained in a fall
A 93-year-old woman died from haemothorax and rib fractures sustained when a portable ceiling hoist became detached during a routine tran…
31y · Male·Multiple injuries from fall from height; multiple drug toxicity (methylamphetami…
A 31-year-old man died from multiple injuries sustained in a 20-metre fall at Roaring Meg Falls while under the influence of methylamph…
59y · Female·Head injury
A 59-year-old woman died from head injury when an unsecured metal gantry fell from a front-end loader onto the tractor cabin where she wa…
23y · Female·Injuries sustained in a fall from a height
Jacqueline Pringle, 23, died from injuries sustained in a fall from the 60th floor of an apartment after consuming alcohol and MDMA at Crown …
39y · Male·Injuries sustained in a fall from a height
John Kennard, aged 39, died from injuries sustained falling from a fourth-floor balcony while attempting to escape police executing a bench …
25y · Female·injuries sustained in fall from height
A 25-year-old woman with depression died by jumping from the West Gate Bridge. In the two months before her death, she attended four general practitioners across tw…
80y · Male·Multiple injuries post fall from a roof
An 80-year-old man died from multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a roof while cleaning gutters at home. He fell approximately 2 m…
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 the North Pit at …
35y · Male·Combined effects of positional asphyxiation and intoxication
A 35-year-old man with severe alcohol use disorder died from positional asphyxiation while intoxicated. With a blood alcohol level of 0.293 g/100mL, he fell near stairs…
23y · Female·multiple blunt force injuries from fall from height
Grace Herington, 23, died from multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a fall from a highway off-ramp during an acute psychotic episode…
57y · Male·Multiple fatal injuries following a fall from height onto rocks
A 57-year-old European-born man died by suicide after falling from a cliff in northern Tasmania in July 2014. He had experienced progressive mental health deteriorati…
20y · Male·Blunt trauma to the head sustained in a fall from gutter boards at a height of a…
Leigh Anthony Reaney, 20-year-old roofer, died from head injuries sustained in a 4.7-metre fall through an unfixed sump on gutter boards during roofing work. D…
54y · Male·Multiple injuries due to crane rollover (bucket passenger); fall from height exc…
…photographer aged 54 died when an elevated work platform (EWP) with a 70-metre boom collapsed at 50 metres height after a rear outrigger sank into unstable ground. The casualty suffered multiple traumatic injuries from t…
48y · Male·Head injury due to mountain bike crash
Colin Jamie Oliver, a 48-year-old experienced mountain biker and registered nurse, died from head injuries sustained in a single-vehicle mountain bike crash at Maydena Bike Park on 1 March 2018. He wa…
54y · Male·Global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and blunt trauma to cervical spine
JI, a 54-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, died from global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and cervical spine trauma following a fall onto a metal grate d…
49y · Male·massive non-survivable head, trunk and limb injuries from a 100-metre fall
Peter Chilvers, a 49-year-old experienced mountaineer, died from massive head, trunk and limb injuries sustained in a 100-metre fall while abseiling on Mt Geryon. He tied t…
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