Coronial

89 results for crush injury

TAS2024-02-15

Coroner's Finding: Joshua John Dingjan

24y · Male·Blunt trauma to the head, neck and chest sustained when a forklift toppled onto …

Joshua John Dingjan, aged 24, was fatally crushed when a Mitsubishi forklift overturned while he was attempting to unload a 1.9-tonne steel pack from a de…

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NT1994-12-20

Inquest into the death of T. Okano, A. Kabe, T. Linklater and K. Pritchard (Cannonball Run)

Kabe 40, Okano 35, Linklater 22, Pritchard 31y · Male·Kabe and Okano: blunt head injury (head-to-head collision of occupants within ve…

On 24 May 1994, Ferrari F40 driver Akihiro Kabe entered a checkpoint lay-by at excessive speed (>100 kph, possibly 150 kph) following the 87.3 km mark where he mistakenly believed the checkpoint was located. The Ferrari …

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WAcommunity2019-09-23

Inquest into the Death of Sean MORGAN-SMITH

45y · Male·Abdominal injuries from being struck by reversing front-end loader

…ring mail on a residential footpath in Huntingdale, Western Australia on 24 June 2015. He sustained severe crushing injuries to his abdomen with extensive internal bleeding and died despite resuscitation efforts at Fion…

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VIC2015-04-29

Finding into death of Stephen James Peace

48y · Male·Crush injury to the chest from collapse of a gazebo structure

A 48-year-old qualified builder, Stephen James Peace, was fatally crushed when a gazebo he was constructing collapsed on 2 May 2006. The structure was designed to be supported on…

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VIC2022-03-24

Finding into death of Ivica Andrijasevic

54y · Male·neck compression

Ivica Andrijasevic, a 54-year-old boilermaker, died from neck compression after being crushed by a malfunctioning Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP) at a construction site. The MEWP's jib switch w…

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WAcommunity2015-08-18

Inquest into the Deaths of Debra Alexandra TILL and Craig Allan RAABE

Ms Till: head injury with probable crush asphyxia; Mr Raabe: head injury

Two workers died when dongas (temporary accommodation buildings) were destroyed by Tropical Cyclone George at a remote mining camp 90km south of Port Hedland in March 2007. The buildings were designed and constructed to …

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QLDaged care2019-06-17

Ms SME - Non-inquest findings

86y · Female·subdural haemorrhage due to or as a consequence of a fall

Ms SME, an 86-year-old resident at a Blue Care nursing home, suffered a fatal subdural haemorrhage following a fall from bed during a sponge bath on 18 January 2016. She died on 21 January 2016. Clinical lessons include:…

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QLD2015-01-23

Waugh, Harry McMaster Tickell

3y · Male·Massive cerebral trauma due to multiple fractures of the skull due to crush inju…

A three-year-old boy died after being run over by a reversing vehicle on a rural property. The child exited an unrestrained car seat while the driver refuelled the vehicle 50 metres away, likely accessing the front passe…

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SA2018-11-01

Coroner's Finding: CASTILLO-RIFFO Jorge Alberto

54y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from neck compression due to entrapme…

Jorge Castillo-Riffo, a 54-year-old construction worker, died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from neck compression. While working on a scissor lift to patch post-tensioning pockets on a concrete slab edg…

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