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01-11-2016, 05:39 PM
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Farmer Crushed by Overturned Tractor in Goiás, Brazil
The Fire Department was called this afternoon (Jan 11) to attend an accident scene in a Rural Area. An agricultural machine has crushed and killed a farmer. Victim's identity is not yet released. I'm no expert but aren't tractors pretty slow?? How does one get run over by a tractor?  ·  ·  · |
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01-11-2016, 05:47 PM
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Re: Farmer Crushed by Overturned Tractor in Goiás, Brazil
Okay I just realized that the tractor is upside down so it somehow flipped over and crushed him. It didn't run him over.  |
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01-11-2016, 05:56 PM
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Re: Farmer Crushed by Overturned Tractor in Goiás, Brazil
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01-11-2016, 06:01 PM
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Re: Farmer Crushed by Overturned Tractor in Goiás, Brazil
That happened to my grandfather back in 1983. He survived, very fortunately, but broke his neck when the tractor flipped back over him.
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01-11-2016, 06:09 PM
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Re: Farmer Crushed by Overturned Tractor in Goiás, Brazil
The main culprit in most industrial and farm injuries is...COMPLACENCY. It's always a dangerous environment, but people become used to it and may no longer take appropriate precautions. Tractors have a very high Center of Gravity and can pretty easily topple over. |
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01-11-2016, 06:49 PM
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Re: Farmer Crushed by Overturned Tractor in Goiás, Brazil
went to a call for a guy under a flipped over tractor,he was a friend and fellow firefighter,luckily he only had minor injuries.dumbell attached a cable to the rear of the tractor,the ran it under the tractor...and proceeded to pull..........backwards...thing just up ended on him and pinned him under it....never budged the stump.....
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01-11-2016, 07:06 PM
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Re: Farmer Crushed by Overturned Tractor in Goiás, Brazil
With early tractors, from the 1910's into the 1930's, these kinds of deaths were common. Early Fordson tractors would tip over backwards if you goosed the throttle. They finally put huge rear fenders on them so they could only lift up so far before the fenders touched the ground and stopped the accident. Thousands of farmers were killed on these early tractors. But I guess they were better than a horse or a mule. |
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01-11-2016, 09:36 PM
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Re: Farmer Crushed by Overturned Tractor in Goiás, Brazil
Many will roll over backwards like that if you really get on the throttle in low gear. I've seen idiots almost remove themselves from this life that way on more than one occasion. Let's be careful out there, kids.
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