Farmworker crushed by tractor in almond orchard
Farmworker crushed by tractor in almond orchard
18 December 2008
published by www.thewest.com.au
USA — Kern County fire authorities say a worker in a Shafter almond orchard died Thursday afternoon when a tractor fell on top of him.
The worker was driving a front-end loader scooping up brush into piles to be burned.
Kern County Fire Department spokesman Sean Collins says suddenly the heavy machinery fell into a gully, trapping the worker beneath it.
Paramedics couldn’t revive the man when they arrived on scene and he was pronounced dead.
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating.
