202 results for “environmental injury”
2y · Female·effects of fire (smoke inhalation and thermal injury)
…s, died on 14 April 2018 in a house fire at her rural NSW home. She died from smoke inhalation and thermal injury. The fire's exact cause could not be determined despite expert investigation; electrical fault, accidental…
51y · Female·traumatic closed head injuries sustained after falling from a ramp into a sunken…
Fiona Searle, 51, died from traumatic closed head injuries sustained when her electric wheelchair fell from a ramp into a sunken sitting area at Glenorchy Primary School on 1 May 2021. Ms Searle was an experienced wheelc…
84y · Female·Complications of pelvic fractures sustained in a traumatic incident
…ring an altercation over food in an aged care facility. She developed bilateral pneumonia and acute kidney injury post-injury and deteriorated despite antibiotics and supportive care. The coroner's findings emphasize sys…
25y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
… and speed limit reduction could have prevented this fatality. The case demonstrates the importance of environmental and infrastructure factors in preventing traumatic injury deaths.
heat stroke (environmental exposure) / hyperthermia; Mr Buske: atherosclerotic h…
Four deaths occurred on Mount Augustus summit trail in 2019-2020 during hot weather conditions. All deceased experienced heat stroke with dehydration as the primary mechanism of death. The coroner identified inadequate p…
38y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by a train
Natasha Stojkoski, a 38-year-old sales assistant at The Good Guys, sustained a workplace injury in October 2018 involving a Work Assisted Vehicle incident affecting her back, shoulders and neck. Subsequ…
56y · Female·multi-organ failure complicating severe burns on a background of alcoholic liver…
A 56-year-old woman with alcoholic liver disease, cerebellar atrophy, and marked mobility impairment suffered fatal full-thickness burns (75% TBSA) from scalding shower water at Flinders Medical Centre. She was left unat…
50y · Male·Multiple injuries as a result of being struck by a train
…ention. The WorkSafe compensation claims process lacked appropriate safeguards for high-risk psychological injury claimants, with critical information about suicidal ideation not being escalated to key decision-makers. E…
0y · Female·Sudden infant death whilst bed-sharing with risk factors including unsafe sleepi…
A 55-day-old infant died in an unsafe bed-sharing environment with her sedated mother while her father, intoxicated by intravenous morphine and methamphetamine, remained nearby. The autopsy revealed no obvious cause, but…
17y · Female·traumatic head injuries
Margaret Mary Lore, 17 years old, died from traumatic head injuries after falling approximately 20 metres from a cliff at Blackmans Bay, Tasmania on 28 January 2017. She had consumed approximately 350ml of vodka mixed wi…
57y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic brain injury complicating acute asthma
A 57-year-old man with asthma and hay fever died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following an acute asthma exacerbation during Melbourne's November 2016 thunderstorm asthma event. The dec…
59y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury secondary to compression of the neck in the circu…
A 59-year-old woman with major depression died by hanging using her dressing gown tie while a voluntary inpatient at a private psychiatric clinic. She was assessed as low-risk and had no restriction on ligature access. D…
10y · Male·complications of anaphylaxis
…es of resuscitation, spontaneous circulation returned but he suffered catastrophic hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury and died 7 days later. No deficiencies were identified in ambulance or hospital care. The coroner highligh…
23y · Male·Drowning
Najeebullah Rafee, a 23-year-old ANU international relations student and Afghan refugee, drowned on 25 October 2020 at Cotter Bend, a promoted ACT river recreation area. A non-swimmer, he attempted to use a small flotati…
62y · Male·Cerebral ischaemic injury due to hanging
…; (3) failure to escalate concerns about his incomplete mental state assessments; and (4) insufficient environmental safeguards including access to ligature points. The coroner emphasized that involuntary psychiatric tr…
43y · Male·Crush injuries (chest and abdominal injuries and chest compression) sustained in…
Daniel Thomas Knight, aged 43, died from crush injuries sustained while attempting to clear a blockage in a wastepaper compactor (model TCU 660) at a printing business. The compactor had never functioned correctly due to…
61y · Female·Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)
A 61-year-old woman was struck by a bus at Croydon Railway Station while crossing a pedestrian zebra crossing. She sustained severe injuries and went into cardiac arrest upon arrival at Royal Melbourne Hospital, where sh…
43y · Female·External neck compression due to self-inflicted hanging
…hat was not formally investigated as a new incident, treating it instead as a recurrence of a pre-existing injury. This failure to investigate meant her condition was not adequately reassessed. She was transferred withou…
93y · Female·Subdural haemorrhage in the setting of a fall (palliated)
A 93-year-old woman with a history of falls was discharged from hospital following treatment for subdural haematoma from a prior fall. Discharge planning included a home assessment by occupational therapy, during which t…
36y · Male·injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision as a motorcyclist
…s, but his licence was not cancelled and VicRoads was not notified. The coroner found no mechanical or environmental factors contributed to the collision. Key clinical lesson: the self-reporting model for fitness to dri…
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