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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 …