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Summaries of fatal injuries in agriculture, forestry and fishing in Great Britain 2016/17(p)

Summary of fatalities by geographical area from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017(p)

East and South East

A 36-year-old farm worker was killed when his tractor trailer hit an overhead power line (OHPL). He was raising the trailer to clean out remnants of the previous load when it made contact with the line. He died from electrocution. A 54-year-old self-employed haulage director was killed beneath straw bales. He was working alone at night, when the load appears to have slipped from the lorry landing on him. He died from crush injuries. A 72-year-old farm employee was killed between a hedge cutter and a large bale. He had reversed the tractor mounted hedge cutter into a barn and removed retaining pins. The machine became unstable and toppled over. He was pinned against a large bale and died from serious crush injuries. Wales

A 70-year-old self-employed farmer was killed when he fell through a fragile cement sheet roof. He was trying to repair damaged sheets and appears to have been pulling out sheet fixings when he fell. A 78-year-old self-employed farmer was killed when his ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle) struck a gate post. He was not wearing a helmet and had not been trained. A 53 year-old farmer’s wife was killed by a falling hay bale. She had been working with her daughter removing hay from the stack when a bale became unstable and fell. It struck and seriously injured her daughter, then crushed her. A 66-year-old self-employed farmer was killed beneath his farm vehicle. He had lifted the vehicle with a lift truck and was carrying out repairs when it fell. He died from crush injuries. South West

A 49-year-old self-employed contractor was killed by a falling hay bale. He was helping to sheet stacked bales. As he bent over to adjust the sheeting, a bale from the top layer of the stack fell and crushed him.


A 78-year-old self-employed farmer was killed when he fell off a roof. He was carrying out renovation and repair work and fell off the roof edge. There was no guard rail and the ladder hadn’t been secured to stop it moving. A 43-year-old self-employed farm director was killed when his mini tractor and trailer overturned on a steep slope. The tractor was not fitted with a ROPS (Roll-over protective structure). He was crushed. A 66-year-old self-employed farmer was killed unblocking an auger in a grain silo. He sank under free flowing grain and was asphyxiated. A 79-year-old self-employed livestock haulier was killed when he was hit by his vehicle tailgate as he was about to unload cattle. It appears the tailgate dropped suddenly hitting his head. A 56-year-old self-employed farm partner was killed when crushed beneath a vehicle that had been lifted with a telehandler. A 20-year-old woman was killed when she was entangled on a PTO shaft (power take- off). She was working near a running animal feed milling machine and became caught on the rotating shaft. West Midlands A 64-year-old self-employed contractor was killed when his tractor and trailer overturned on a steep field. He was found outside of the cab and had been crushed when the vehicle rolled. East Midlands A 61-year-old self-employed contractor was killed when struck by a precast concrete panel falling off a telehandler. He was helping the farmer put up a farm building and was standing near the machine to check panels were correctly positioned. An 18-year-old farm worker was killed when his tipping trailer hit an overhead power line (OHPL) as it was being elevated. He climbed out of the tractor cab and was electrocuted.


Yorkshire and the Humber

A 79-year-old self-employed farmer was killed when he was crushed and trapped in the gap between a seed drill and tractor. He was attempting to uncouple the machine with the tractor engine running and it appears he may have operated the external controls. A 47-year-old gamekeeper was killed when his quad bike (ATV) overturned at night during rabbit shooting. He was found without a helmet under the bike at the bottom of a field. He died from asphyxiation. An 80-year-old farm employee was struck and run over in the farm yard by a telehandler moving bales. North East A 61-year-old member of the public was killed when attacked by cattle as she walked with her family. The farmer was moving cattle from overwintering quarters to fields along a bridleway when he lost control of a number of animals. It is believed one of the cows butted the woman. A 72-year-old self-employed director was killed when driving a mini digger into a building through a small door way. His head was trapped and crushed between the machine and the door frame. North West A 28-year-old self-employed contractor was killed while unloading sand using his vehicle crane when it hit an overhead power line (OHPL). He was electrocuted A 78-year-old self-employed partner in a farming business was killed when run over by his tractor. He was inside a farm building by the side of the tractor, either adjusting the load or attempting to start the engine. The tractor started, or moved forward in gear, crushing him. The handbrake was off. A 57-year-old employee was killed when struck by a tractor. He stepped out of a calf shed into the path of an oncoming tractor and trailer. He was knocked to the ground and died from head injuries.


Scotland

A 57-year-old self-employed farmer was killed when crushed beneath a wall and a steel door. He was demolishing a building when part of it collapsed. A 76-year-old self-employed partner in a farming business was killed by a gate. His son was removing manure and straw from a bull pen with a machine. The machine struck the unsecured gate which knocked his father onto the barn floor. He died from head injuries. A 69-year-old self-employed farmer was killed by a cow. He tried to escape from an enclosure after the cow became agitated. He appears to have tried to climb out over a gate and was crushed as the gate fell over. A 58-year-old self-employed forestry contractor was killed when felling a tree. As it fell, it struck another tree that was ‘hung up’ (previously felled and stuck in a leaning position against a standing tree). He was struck by the tree butt as it kicked up, causing fatal internal injuries. A 3 year-old child was killed when run over by a reversing telehandler driven by his father. He was playing in the farm yard without supervision. His father was distributing chopped silage in the cow sheds then reversed into the yard area and ran over his son, causing head injuries.

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