Summary Case Report: Victim was a 75 -year-old farmer working alone loading manure with an older narrow-front tractor equipped with a front-end loader. Working in a sloped barn yard, he was moving in a reverse turn with the bucket raised, and full of manure. The tractor was tipped to the side and to the front, increasing its instability even further, and it probably tipped over when he applied the brakes during his turn. It rolled completely over crushing and killing the victim.

Summary Case Report: A 39-year-old farmer and vocational agricultural instructor was loading hay onto wagon on a side hill. The wagon was unattached to the tractor. It started to roll backwards. Farmer downhill from the wagon raised front-end loader of tractor to stop rolling. Wagon kept coming and overturned the tractor killing him instantly. The victim's 11-year-old son, riding with his father, was thrown off and crushed his arm; his13-year-old son was an eyewitness and ran for help.

Summary Case Report: A 74-year-old retired farmer was driving an older narrow-front tractor pulling a small utility wagon. His wife was working with him. He was crossing a homemade wooden bridge when his wife heard something crack. She turned to look at the bridge, and it collapsed. The tractor landed upside down, killing the farmer instantly. The bridge was made of telephone- type poles with cross planking. It spanned 30 feet and had a depth of 15 ft.

Summary Case Report: A 75-year-old farmer working alone was cutting willow brush along a creek with his older tractor and rotary mower. He got too close to the creek bank and the rear wheel dropped off the edge causing the tractor to roll down a 5 ft. Grass-covered embankment which had a 70 degree slope. No ROPS were present on the tractor. He was killed instantly from blunt chest and abdominal trauma. He was found hours later by his wife

Summary Case Report: A 73-year-old farmer was driving an older tricycle type tractor straight up a steep hill, something he had done many times before. This day the ground was slippery and he slid back down a few times. On last attempt he slid back and the right rear wheel rode up on a bush turning the tractor to the left. It rolled completely over with front crushing chest of victim. Tractor had no ROPS. The tractor did have liquid filled tires.

Summary Case Report: A 50-year-old male farmer was filling in dirt along a creek bank using a skid-steer loader. The loader got too close to the edge and rolled completely over landing upright in the creek bed. The farmer remained partially in the loader seat but received massive head injuries when the loader overturned. The protective top of the machine had been removed by the victim to accommodate short ceilings in hog buildings were the machine was used.

Summary Case Report: A 67-year-old man was helping his son-in-law do farm chores. He was driving an older tricycle-type tractor with bale hooks on the rear. He was on the right side of a highway waiting to turn left into a farm driveway. During his turn a car crested a hill and slammed on brakes to avoid the tractor. The victim was distracted and over-steered causing the tractor to miss the farm lane. He entered a ditch to the left of the lane, overturning the tractor. The tractor was not equipped with ROPS.

A 66-year-old farmer was using a tractor mowing a ditch along a highway using a rear mount mower as well as a sickle. He overturned on the grade of the ditch and pinned himself under the tractor. The tractor was lifted by ems and he was removed, still conscious and talking. While being prepped for transfer by air care he had a cardiac arrest in the ambulance. He died later from multiple internal injuries. No ROPS was on the tractor.

Summary Case Report: A 56-year-old farmer was cutting weeds in a ditch when he rolled his tractor on top of him. He was killed instantly, but was not found until 2-3 hours later by his wife.

Summary Case Report: A 80-year-old farmer was using an older tricycle tractor with a front-end loader to fill in dirt while putting in a new fence on his farm. He was working horizontally on a hillside when the tractor rolled 180 degrees crushing him underneath. The tractor had no ROPS. The man was killed instantly. Incident was unwitnessed.

Summary Case Report: A 19-year-old male driving a tricycle tractor dropped right rear tire off a gravel road and rolled the tractor in a ditch. The tractor had a canvas heater housing which made escape impossible. Victim was pinned only by his ankle, but received large penetrating wound to his upper leg / groin area which severed his femoral artery. Victim quickly bled to death. Wound probably came from iron structure of heater housing.

 

 Summary Case Report: 72 year old farmer was spraying weeds in his pasture using an ATV, 4-wheeled machine. He was driving downhill on a steep hill and hit a rut, which threw the farmer from the machine. The ATV then rolled on top of the man and crushed him. He was not found for 30-45 minutes. He was dead at the scene from crushing chest injuries.

 Summary Case Report: 48 year old president of an industrial management company was mowing grass on a bank of his office property. He was using an older tricycle type tractor with a sickle bar attached. The tractor slid sideways down the embankment and rolled over pinning the victim underneath a rear tire. The man was dead at the scene. He had been warned many times about mowing that bank with that tractor. No ROPS were on the tractor.

 Summary Case Report: 50 year old farmer was driving a tractor down a county road when he pulled to the right when he passed a stalled car on the opposite side of the road. A short distance later, apparently to miss a mailbox on his side, the farmer veered into the right hand ditch, overturning the tractor. The farmer was fatally crushed under the tractor which had no ROPS.

 

 Summary Case Report: 60 year old farmer was using an older, narrow-front tractor, equipped with a sickle bar, to cut hay. While cutting on the edge of a field, on a slight slope, the left rear tire went over a tree stump which caused the tractor to rollover, crushing the farmer. The stump was about 15 inches high and was hidden in the grass. The farmer was dead at the scene. The tractor didn't have a Roll Over Protective Structure.

 Summary Case Report: 60 year old farmer's helper was using an older AC, narrow-front tractor to mow grass at a friend's farm. He was mowing the driveway to the farm, going around a culvert, when the tractor rolled over on top of him. He suffered crushing chest injuries and was dead at the scene. The tractor had no ROPS. The ditch was only five feet deep. He was very experienced and friends are puzzled why he drove parallel to the driveway.

 Summary Case Report: 71 year old cattle farmer was using an older narrow-front tractor with loader to feed cattle at his farm. While driving near the top edge of an earthen silage pit, the right rear wheel fell into the corner of the pit and the tractor overturned into the pit area, which was 7 1/2 feet deep. He was thrown from the tractor, not pinned under it, and suffered fatal chest injuries. He had history of advanced heart disease. No ROPS were on the tractor.

 Summary Case Report: 63 year old farmer and banker was mowing a roadside ditch using an older narrow-front tractor with an attached belly mower. He was driving north in the eastern ditch cutting grass on an embankment. He went too far up the slope and overturned the tractor on himself, causing crushing chest injuries. He was dead at the scene. He had mowed this section of ditch many times previously. No ROPS were on the tractor.

 Summary Case Report: 34 year old man was helping a friend chop and store fresh silage on a farm. He was driving a tractor helping to pack down the silage. He drove the tractor up a steep side of the pile and the tractor overturned backwards crushing the man underneath. The tractor did not have a ROPS. The victim was warned that the pile was getting too steep just moments before the overturn.

 Summary Case Report: 46 year old draftsman for an electronics company was helping his dad by cutting firewood at his farm. He was working alone using a tractor cutting trees on a steep wooded hillside. The tractor had a wide front and no ROPS. He was driving up a steep hill pulling a log with a log chain when the tractor overturned backwards crushing the man underneath. The chain was attached to the drawbar of the tractor.

 Summary Case Report: 47 year old farmer was driving a tractor down a 15-foot wide grass path between farm fields. It was a wide front tractor without ROPS. He was pulling a sprayer behind him, and was holding a wand, spraying weeds along the path. His wheels veered off the path and the tractor rolled down a steep embankment crushing the man as it rolled. The tractor rolled 1 1/2 times. The ditch was 8-10 feet deep.