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Abstract
On May 31, 2002, a 25 year-old Hispanic worker (decedent) died when the gasoline-powered tractor he was operating overturned. The incident occurred when the decedent mowed a steep embankment along a rural roadside which caused the tractor to flip over a 3-strand, barbed wire fence, pinning the operator under the seat and tire. A passing motorist noticed the overturned tractor and notified 911, emergency services. Local police and fire departments arrived at the scene, as did a local ambulance. The coroner arrived and declared the tractor operator dead due to asphyxiation and crushing injuries to the chest.
- Tractors should be equipped with rollover protective structures and seatbelts.
- Foreign farm laborers should be trained in their native language on safe operation of farm machinery and informed of dangers of local terrain.
Document Type
Report
Release Date
6-3-2003
Incident Number
02KY099
Repository Citation
Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, "Hispanic Worker Dies in Tractor Rollover" (2003). Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging. 2.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/face_tractors_reports/2
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