198 results for “workplace injury”
8y · Female·Closed head injury
An 8-year-old girl died from severe closed head injuries sustained when a bouncy castle (inflatable amusement structure) was lifted by a sudden whirlwind and collapsed. The child fell from the structure during its flight…
51y · Male·Massive head injuries due to quad bike accident
Geoffrey Moore, a 51-year-old maintenance supervisor, died from massive head injuries after crashing a quad bike into a fence at a feedlot. The quad bike had a corroded and seized throttle cable that caused excessive rev…
58y · Male·85% Burns and Explosion
… while cutting an empty 44-gallon drum containing thinners in his home shed. The drum, obtained from his workplace, retained flammable residue and vapours which ignited when he used an angle grinder. He was transported …
32y · Male·Blast injuries including extensive subarachnoid haemorrhage and pulmonary haemor…
…as being inflated without a pressure regulator or safety cage—standard safety equipment available at the workplace. The compressor delivered 150 psi, exceeding the tyre's load capacity. Although EL was safety-conscious …
71y · Male·Chest and neck injuries and mechanical asphyxia from being crushed under a bus
Raymond Henry Millington, a 71-year-old semi-retired bus operator, died from mechanical asphyxia after being crushed under a bus while attempting to remove the gearbox. He had activated the park brake but fatally failed …
45y · Male·Crush injuries to the head caused by a road grader that accidentally ran him ove…
Wayne Edward Vickery, a 45-year-old construction foreman with 12 years' experience, was fatally crushed by a road grader on 12 December 2011 while measuring blade position. He was kneeling and focused through a scope whe…
29y · Female·multiple organ failure following persistent sepsis occurring as a complication o…
…ical treatment at Royal Adelaide was appropriate; infections resulted from bacteria present at the time of injury, not hospital failures. Organ removal on 25 May represented a last-ditch attempt to prolong life. Clinical…
25y · Female·Chest injury in a workplace incident
Friederike Ruhle, a 25-year-old track rider, died from fatal chest injuries sustained when thrown from a horse at a racecourse during track work. Her horse was spooked, likely by recent barrier railing works, causing her…
34y · Male·hanging
…ion at Woodleigh House. He had attempted suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning two days earlier following workplace stress, shoulder injury, loss of driver's licence, grief, and alcohol abuse. Dr S. discharged him on For…
43y · Male·Dislocation of the larynx due to or as a consequence of a quad bike accident
Gregory Hoare, a 43-year-old experienced quad bike operator, died after riding his quad bike directly into a barbed wire gate on a cattle property. He suffered a laryngeal dislocation from blunt trauma to the neck, causi…
29y · Male·head injury
… transfer to definitive care, though prognosis was poor from the outset due to the severity of closed head injury. The preventable element relates to vehicle safety rather than clinical care.
7y · Male·Multiple blunt injuries from being struck by a falling tree
A 7-year-old boy died from massive head injuries after being struck by a tree felled by an adult who was illegally cutting wood in a remote forest area. The child and his family were in a parked vehicle near the felling …
64y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in an explosion
A 64-year-old explosives expert died from multiple injuries sustained in a workplace explosion while blasting rock at a construction site. After initial charges largely misfired, Mr Low fai…
85y · Male·head and neck injuries sustained when operating a bulldozer that rolled down a g…
…). The dozer was attempting to dislodge a large boulder obstructing the track. Clinical lessons include: workplace fatalities in older workers require rigorous safety protocols regardless of experience; the employer (th…
17y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by penetrating left orbital injury with a long k…
A 17-year-old meat trimmer sustained an unintentional self-inflicted penetrating left orbital injury with a knife while at work, resulting in a subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) and death. Despite initial clini…
34y · Male·Chest injuries sustained when crushed by tip truck
Cameron James Ferry, a 34-year-old earthmoving business owner, died when crushed by a tipper truck body while performing repair work. Following a previous incident where the tipper body detached due to overloading with s…
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 wintering cattle, Mr Barwick likely alighted from the tractor on a slope that…
39y · Male·traumatic asphyxia from crushing injury
A 39-year-old man died from traumatic asphyxia after being crushed under a van while working on it. The vehicle was inadequately supported on home-made ramps and a trolley jack without wheel chocks, causing it to roll of…
50y · Male·multiple injuries sustained when struck by a multi-tyred road roller
…xistent foot brake rather than lifting off the deadman's plate. This tragic accident highlights systemic workplace design failures. Enhanced operator familiarisation, machine design improvements enabling forward-facing …
19y · Male·Chest and abdominal injuries sustained when a forklift rolled over and trapped h…
A 19-year-old farm worker with intellectual disability died when a forklift he was operating rolled over on a gravel laneway, trapping him beneath the roll cage. Mr. Marshall had received informal training in August 2014…
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