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Farmer Is Run Over By Disc After Falling From Tractor, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Farmer Is Run Over By Disc After Falling From Tractor, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging
Because access to the scene and inspection of the equipment were not possible in this case, a partial inspection was done. Conclusions cannot be drawn from the evidence collected.
A 68-year-old farmer died when he fell from his tractor into the path of an attached disc. The victim had begun discing a tobacco field about 3:00 p.m., minutes after his wife and son left for second-shift work at a factory. After completing one field, he proceeded to a second field to complete the afternoon's work. The second field was across a small galley. As the victim drove the tractor through …