198 results for “workplace injury”
Multiple causes across nine deaths; primary causes included rollover with crush …
…ey clinical and safety lessons include: (1) helmet use is critical—33.3% of quad bike deaths are from head injury, with 84% of deceased not wearing helmets; helmets reduce death risk by approximately 42%; (2) children un…
20y · Male·Widespread hypoxic brain injury secondary to cardiac arrhythmia, ventricular fib…
Shayne McMahon, 20, died on 7 April 2007 from cardiac arrhythmia and hypoxic brain injury after exposure to butane from a severed LPG gas line at North Star Holiday Resort. As an unlicensed appren…
62y · Male·respiratory failure secondary to high cervical cord injury (C3/4 and C7/T1 fract…
…liam Bernard Brown, a healthy 62-year-old, died from respiratory failure secondary to cervical spinal cord injury after being struck by a falling branch from an African Mahogany tree at a golf course. Six days after the …
87y · Female·closed traumatic head injury from a fall at standing height; significant contrib…
An 87-year-old woman with dementia, congestive cardiac failure, and diabetes sustained a fatal closed head injury from a fall in her aged care room overnight. The coroner found that the responsible ECA did not perform th…
25y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head (Lachlan); gunshot injuries to head and chest (Terry)
On 7 September 2023, 25-year-old Lachlan Richard Francis Bowles shot his 44-year-old workmate Terry James Czernowski at Moylan Grain Silos in Kellerberrin, causing Terry's death from gunshot injuries to the head and ches…
19y · Male·Blunt head injury from being run over by recycling truck
Glenn Chapman, 19, died on 12 October 1998 when run over by a reversing compactor truck while working as a recycling collector. While the truck reversed, Chapman attempted to jump between rear steps to help his coworker,…
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…
Male·Asphyxia following rapid compression of the chest wall and lung haemorrhages sus…
Kenneth Hudson Mitchell, an experienced and trained tree feller employed by Kentish Council, died from asphyxia caused by chest compression when a tree fell on him while he was felling it on his property. Despite his tra…
29y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head
David Hollingsworth, a 29-year-old man with depression, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had expressed suicidal ideation to family members on 8 December 2012, contacted crisis services, and was observed actin…
61y · Male·Head injuries from forklift tipover
A 61-year-old licensed forklift driver died when a Crown 35 SC TT 240 forklift tipped while the mast was extended, crushing his head. He was not wearing a seatbelt. Although the coroner found the employer had exemplary s…
27y · Male·Hypothermia and rhabdomyolysis due to traumatic crush injuries of back and legs …
A 27-year-old man died from hypothermia and rhabdomyolysis following crush injuries sustained when a tree fell on him during tree felling on family property. He was using a chainsaw to fell a large eucalyptus tree that b…
42y · Female·Head injury due to ejection of a section of steel pipe from slasher
A pedestrian was fatally struck by a metal pipe ejected from a slasher operating on a vacant urban block. The coroner found that while the incident occurred in an urban setting with foreseeable pedestrian presence, criti…
Male·Multiple crush injuries to the upper chest and neck sustained in a drilling rig …
Scott Karajic died when a stand of drill collars fell through a stabbing mat and crushed him against a mouse hole on a gas drilling rig at Berwyndale South on 28 February 2003. Despite comprehensive safety policies and a…
81y · Female·left haemothorax and mediastinal haemorrhage from the insertion site of the perm…
…acemaker insertion for sick sinus syndrome. Multiple venous punctures during the procedure caused vascular injury. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) failure to recognise deteriorating patient due to use of standard …
9y · Male·Drowning
…supervision protocols. Key systemic failures included poor inter-agency communication between police and workplace health and safety investigators, and delays in issuing safety alerts to industry.
52y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic brain damage due to mechanical asphyxia and neck compression f…
Christopher Wagg, a 52-year-old diesel fitter, died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain damage caused by crush injuries when trapped between an elevated work platform (EWP) basket and overhead structural beam on 3 August 2009. …
52y · Male·ruptured liver and chest injuries due to blunt force trauma
David Bruce Scale, a 52-year-old experienced road broom operator, died from blunt force trauma when he entered a machinery crush zone while investigating a broom stow mechanism malfunction. The vehicle was running with t…
37y · Male·crush injuries to the head, chest, abdomen and pelvis sustained when a wall of t…
Daniel Howard, a retained firefighter with FRNSW in rural Cobar NSW, died from crush injuries when a wall collapsed on him during a structural fire at the Occidental Hotel on 17 August 2014. Key clinical lessons include:…
76y · Male·Electrocution
Warren Glover, aged 76, died from electrocution while investigating a water pump at a farm property. Multiple electrical faults converged to cause his death: internal failure of the pump's pressure switch causing trackin…
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