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…
34y · Male·Torn aorta due to crushing accident
… sales and marketing manager at a small mineral processing company, died from a torn aorta sustained in a crushing accident involving an unguarded rotating ball mill. Despite not being employed to work with the machinery…
0y · Female·Fatal attack by wild dingo; severe crushing injuries to base of skull and neck, …
…o while sleeping in a tent at Ayers Rock in August 1980. The coroner found the death resulted from severe crushing injuries to the base of skull and neck, along with throat and neck lacerations caused by the animal attac…
39y · Male·Multiple injuries from crushing incident between front-end loader and fuel truck…
David Pulver, aged 39, died on 1 July 2010 when crushed between a front-end loader and his fuel truck at a construction site near Tarcutta, NSW. The loader operator, Mr Wickey, was reversing the machine while Pulver stoo…
79y · Male·Multiple traumatic injuries sustained while felling a tree with a chainsaw; spec…
Kenneth David Spanney, a 79-year-old retired man, died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained while tree felling with a chainsaw. He was struck and crushed by a large log that rolled free from wedges while he was cut…
44y · Male·Chest injuries sustained in a workplace incident (forklift driver)
Darren Lamb, a 44-year-old forklift operator, died from crushing chest injuries when a 20-foot shipping container fell on his forklift cabin due to failure of mast mounti…
19y · Unknown·hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest as a result of injuries sustained …
Two teenagers, Eliza Wannan (19) and William Dalton-Brown (19), died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest after being run over and crushed by a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old learner dri…
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 was defective and faile…
50y · Male·Multiple injuries due to crush injury to abdomen and chest
…ues to transfer equipment into an elevated basket, the loader continued forward despite a signal to stop, crushing Auld between the vehicles. The coroner found that existing safe working procedures addressed pedestrian-e…
19y · Female·multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision
… winding road during cold, windy weather with poor visibility. The vehicle struck a tree, with the impact crushing the driver's side. She was extricated quickly and transported to hospital but could not be saved. The veh…
41y · Male·Traumatic asphyxia due to compression by slasher
…red it onto the blocks and attempted to remove the wire, the blocks became unstable and the slasher fell, crushing his chest. The death was preventable through adherence to workplace safety protocols: the deceased should…
70y · Male·Mechanical asphyxia from being crushed under car
A 70-year-old retired diesel mechanic died from mechanical asphyxia after being crushed under a vehicle he was working on at home. He had positioned a jack on rocky, sloped gravel terrain, which became unstable and slid,…
32y · Male·blunt trauma to the chest and abdomen due to crushing by a steel beam
Benjamin Wicks, a 32-year-old experienced pile driver, died on 29 January 2013 when a steel pile fell and crushed him during a pile-driving operation at a waste transfer centre construction site. The accident occurred be…
43y · Male·head, neck and chest injuries when crushed by a metal plate
Richard Carl Barker, aged 43, died when a metal wing plate fell on him after he removed bolts from a hopper on 23 April 2013. He worked as a contractor at BIS Industries. The day before his death, site manager Grantley H…
71y · Male·Chest and neck injuries and mechanical asphyxia from being crushed under a bus
…oving the tail shaft, which disabled the brake system. The bus rolled forward on a slight downward slope, crushing him in inadequate working space. He lacked sufficient training for this complex mechanical work and attem…
68y · Male·head injury from crush trauma between forklift mast components
…is body between the mast and cage. In attempting to free him, a bystander inadvertently lowered the mast, crushing Mr. Rowe's head between the fixed and sliding mast cross-members, resulting in fatal facial injuries. Cri…
75y · Female·Avulsion of the inferior vena cava from the heart due to severe crush injury of …
… engine, at high idle speed due to cold start, overcome brake resistance and propelled the car backwards, crushing her against her property's gates. This was not a medical case but rather a vehicle safety matter. The cor…
47y · Male·Hypovolaemic shock due to exsanguination from traumatic rupture of femoral arter…
Simon Poxon, a 47-year-old carpenter turned equipment driver, was crushed between a bucket truck and knuckle boom when the truck was reversed by a 19-year-old yard hand with minimal training. The driver should have check…
24y · Male·Head injury from explosion
…ed the ignition source, causing a BLEVE explosion. The explosion forced the truck's roof and walls apart, crushing the driver against the steering wheel, resulting in fatal head injuries. This tragedy was preventable thr…
61y · Male·Head injuries from forklift tipover
…-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 safety pro…
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