27y · Male·Effects of fire and explosion
…escaped and accumulated in the garage, reaching flammable concentration, and was ignited by the nearby hot water service. At least one other person was present and fled the scene. The digital thermometer found under Jen…
2y · Female·irreversible cerebral anoxia and terminal inhalation bronchopneumonia resulting …
… drowned at Footscray Swimming Centre on 10 November 2000 and died from irreversible cerebral anoxia and inhalation bronchopneumonia on 15 November 2000. The coroner found that the death resulted from two primary failure…
12y · Male·Unascertained in the setting of immersion; involuntary inhalation of water after…
…o individual swimming ability assessment; inadequate supervision training; supervisors unable to recognize water distress signs; delayed emergency response; and absence of safety equipment. The coroner found the school …
70y · Male·Smoke inhalation
A 70-year-old man died from smoke inhalation in a residential fire at his public housing unit. He lived in severe hoarding and squalor, without elect…
57y · Male·Smoke inhalation
Ashleigh Peter Mills, aged 57, died from smoke inhalation in a house fire on 31 August 2020. The fire started from a discarded cigarette in an armchair where his …
54y · Female·Severe burns sustained in a house fire (palliated)
…rinklers in public housing, clarification of regulatory frameworks for sprinkler installation, streamlined water meter approvals, and cigarette packaging warnings about fire risk.
Male·smoke inhalation (Landue and Doolan); smoke inhalation and effects of burning (R…
…had missing batteries, and there was no hardwired system. While the fire response was exceptionally rapid, water supply constraints limited firefighting effectiveness. The coroner found the co-regulatory approach betwee…
73y · Male·Effects of fire
…ared deceased after fire rescue and paramedic resuscitation attempts. Autopsy confirmed death from smoke inhalation (carboxyhaemoglobin 65%, hydrogen cyanide 0.9 mg/L) and thermal injuries. The coroner found the fire was…
2y · Female·unascertained; death in house fire due to smoke inhalation or thermal injury
Patricia (Tricia) Revell, aged 2 years 10 months, died in a house fire at a remote railway outpost in Zanthus, Western Australia on 20 July 1978. She was in bed with her infant sister when the fire started. Her mother re…
68y · Male·Drowning
…3-4 metre swell, 20-knot wind) by the time of the incident. A larger than normal swell washed him into the water; he appeared initially uninjured but rapidly developed difficulty with frothing at mouth. His sons retriev…
42y · Female·Smoke inhalation caused by house fire
A house fire in Slacks Creek, Queensland killed 11 people including 8 children in August 2011. The exact cause of the fire could not be conclusively determined but likely originated at a desk lamp in the downstairs offic…
47y · Male·Smoke inhalation due to fire
A 47-year-old man died from smoke inhalation while attempting to refuel a petrol generator at a farmstay. Multiple systemic safety failures contribut…
21y · Female·Multiple injuries from falling from a ledge whilst escaping fire
…r systems despite meeting fire code only through technicalities. Critical deficiencies included inadequate water pressure for fire hydrants, unauthorised structural alterations to the void space (converting it to an atr…
74y · Male·Complications of burns sustained in a fire
…ing regulatory compliance inspections; clarifying home fire sprinkler installation standards; streamlining water meter approvals for sprinkler installation; researching sprinkler adoption in the National Construction Co…
36y · Female·drowning caused by self-inhalation of vomit
…etween Groote Eylandt and Bickerton Island. The coroner made an open finding regarding how she entered the water. Critical clinical and investigative issues included: (1) Constable De Nale's inadequate response to her d…
44y · Male·Carbon monoxide toxicity causing loss of consciousness and fatal drowning
…ls of carbon monoxide (2,366 ppm compared to safe limit of 5 ppm), which caused loss of consciousness underwater and drowning. The air was filled at an amateur dive club's compressor that was poorly maintained by well-i…
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