2002 Alberta Farm Fatalites

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Total farm related fatalities: 24

Animal Related

Age	Sex	Circumstance
34	M	Thrown from a horse while working at a feed lot. Legally impaired.

Caught in Equipment

Age	Sex	Circumstance
59	M	Jacket caught in PTO. Multiple injuries.
17	M	Strangled when clothing caught in PTO.
44	M	Clothing caught in auger of hopper. Multiple injuries.

Crushed by Equipment or Materials

Age	Sex	Circumstance
71	M	Working on hydraulic lines of vehicle. Bucket suddenly gave way, crushing him.
29	M	Crushed between bale feeder & front end loader.
67	M	Crushed when the mechanical hoist he was using while repairing a grain truck collapsed.
76	M	ATV flipped and crushed him while he was herding cattle.
41	M	Large hay bale fell off semi-trailer and crushed him.
19	M	Working on a crew that was digging a trench for a water pipe for a new dugout. Trench wall collapsed. Occupational
40	M	Pinned under machinery he was fabricating.
72	M	Pinnned under hydraulic bale lifter.
9	F	Pinned under metal gate.
55	M	Crushed by a bale as he was sitting on his tractor. Custom wrapping at the time.

MV Pedestrian

Age	Sex	Circumstance
51	M	Pinned under trailer holding heavy equipment. Was repairing axle on trailer when it slipped onto him.
9	M	Thrown from semi-truck loaded with liquid manure.
11	M	Thrown from semi-truck loaded with liquid manure.

Struck by Equipment

Age	Sex	Circumstance
52	M	Hondo. Using sledge hammer; accidentally hit floor jack which flew up and hit his head.
76	M	Fly wheel on buzz saw broke loose
50	M	Struck in head by drill hitch which he was repairing.

Tractor Roll over

Age	Sex	Circumstance
3	F	Dropped as she was being lifted into tractor. Run over.
65	F	Fell off tractor and was run over.
73	M	Working on a tractor on a hill. Tractor ran over him.

Falls

Age	Sex	Circumstance
60	M	Fell into grain bin.

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This information published to the web on June 3, 2003.
Last Reviewed/Revised on October 24, 2017.