2001 Alberta Farm Fatalites

 
 
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Total farm related fatalities: 18

Animal Related

Age
Sex
Circumstance
57
M
Crushed by a cow that was being examined by a vet.

Caught in Equipment

Age
Sex
Circumstance
41
M
Caught in bale shredder.
51
M
Caught in swather

Crushed by Equipment or Materials

Age
Sex
Circumstance
6
M
Crushed when he was playing on a bale of hay and it fell on him.
77
M
Crushed by bales of hay when he was unloading them.
56
M
Front-end loader rolled down a steep incline and crushed him.
30
M
Pinned between a truck and a trailer.
2
F
Trapped beneath a heavy portable fence panel.

Electrocution

Age
Sex
Circumstance
35
M
Moving an auger by hand when it touched an overhead power line.

MV Pedestrian

Age
Sex
Circumstance
65
F
Run over by a truck while in the farm garden.
5
M
Fell off a tractor and was run over.

Struck by Equipment

Age
Sex
Circumstance
42
M
Struck by a bale-lifting arm that broke free from the truck.

Drownings

Age
Sex
Circumstance
8
M
Drowned in sewer lagoon
3
M
Drowned in irrigation canal

Tractor Roll over

Age
Sex
Circumstance
45
M
Tractor rollover.
65
M
Tractor rollover.
73
M
Tractor rollover.
40
M
Tractor rollover.
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This information published to the web on June 3, 2003.
Last Reviewed/Revised on October 24, 2017.