GAonmymind
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My brother called and said one of the guys at work was killed over the weekend in tractor accident. He stated this was the second fatality in a few months. The last one he said the guy put it in neutral and then got under the tractor to fix something (tractor engine still on) and it slipped out of neutral and rolled over guy - killing him.
Read that there are over 800 tractor fatalities a year in the U.S. Problem is a lot of the time when there is an accident involving a tractor the person involved does not survive to tell you the mistake he made - if any. Data shows that a lot of the drivers of said tractors are older, white, males with experience farming. That was no surprise since that is what the pool is primarily made up of.
Read up on some of the tractor safety rules but they were pretty generic. A lot of knowledge on this forum. Any thoughts or info to be shared?
Read that there are over 800 tractor fatalities a year in the U.S. Problem is a lot of the time when there is an accident involving a tractor the person involved does not survive to tell you the mistake he made - if any. Data shows that a lot of the drivers of said tractors are older, white, males with experience farming. That was no surprise since that is what the pool is primarily made up of.
Read up on some of the tractor safety rules but they were pretty generic. A lot of knowledge on this forum. Any thoughts or info to be shared?