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Tractor Driver Killed In Overturn While Mowing, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Tractor Driver Killed In Overturn While Mowing, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging
A 44-year-old farm owner was killed when the tractor he was driving overturned. Using a rotary mower attached to a Ford 600 tractor, the farmer was mowing an area along the gravel road leading to his home in a very remote area of the county. On the east side was a fence and on the west a brush covered embankment. At the top of the seven-foot embankment was a sloping field that had been mowed earlier in the season. The tractor, having been purchased six weeks earlier, had undergone maintenance work but was not equipped with a Roll Over Protective …
Tractor Operator Killed By Rotary Mower While Mowing Highway Right-Of-Way, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Tractor Operator Killed By Rotary Mower While Mowing Highway Right-Of-Way, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging
A 23-year-old male (the victim) was killed when he fell from the tractor he was operating and was run over by the attached rotary mower. The victim had been mowing near an interstate highway on-ramp at about 1:15 pm, when his right front tractor wheel hit a concrete drainage culvert, apparently jolting him off, into the path of the mower. Although he was working with a crew, none of his co-workers witnessed the event. A passing commercial truck driver saw the victim fall, pulled over, and called emergency medical services (EMS) on his cellular phone. EMS personnel arrived within minutes …
Logger Fatally Injured By Falling Limb, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Logger Fatally Injured By Falling Limb, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging
A 60-year-old male logger (the victim) was killed when a falling limb struck him on the head. He had been involved in the logging industry all of his life and had been working for a small logging business for six days when the fatal incident occurred. At about 9 a.m. on the day of the incident, the owner of the company went with the victim to where he would be felling trees. The victim was not wearing any personal protective equipment (PPE). They talked for a few minutes then the owner left on the bulldozer. When he returned 20-25 minutes …
53-Year-Old Dies In Tricycle Tractor Overturn While Transporting Round Bale, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
53-Year-Old Dies In Tricycle Tractor Overturn While Transporting Round Bale, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging
A 53-year-old full-time farmer (the victim) was crushed to death when the tractor he was operating overturned. At 1:45 pm, the victim was moving a large round bale of hay with a hay spike mounted on the front of a tractor. The tractor was not equipped with a rollover protective structure (ROPS) or a seatbelt. The farmer, who was sharecropping, was moving rolled hay from a field to a wagon in preparation for transportation to his farm. Hydraulics were used to lift the approximately 1500-pound spiked bale, and the farmer began driving toward the wagon. He proceeded along a tobacco …
66-Year-Old Male Dies In Tractor Overturn While Mowing, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
66-Year-Old Male Dies In Tractor Overturn While Mowing, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging
A 66-year-old male (the victim) was killed while mowing his farm land. He was driving a Case tractor model 1212 with a front-end loader and 4-foot rotary mower attachments. The tractor had a homemade canopy attached for sun protection but it was not intended to function as a Rollover Protective Structure (ROPS). Tracks in the field show that he had made several passes and had likely worked for about three hours when the incident occurred. It was about 1 p.m. when he began mowing along the edge of the woods that bordered the field. Although the field was relatively flat, …
Farmer Run Over By Tractor, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Farmer Run Over By Tractor, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging
An 80-year-old male farmer (the victim) died when he was run over by the right rear wheel of his tractor. He had backed the tractor to the door of a shed in order to hook a tiller to it. After parking the tractor on a slight incline in front of the shed, he left it in neutral while he went inside for the tiller. The parking brake did not hold, however, and the tractor began to roll. He apparently noticed this and tried to remount the tractor, but was knocked down by the wheel and run over. To prevent similar …