Updates from Marsha
Below are some recent child ag injury incidents. Thanks to Mike Pate for sharing the first incident:
- Boy, 3, rescued from 10-foot manure pit
http://6abc.com/boy-3-rescued-from-10-foot-manure-pit/3497175/?sf189915175=1
- Same incident:
Manure pit traps 3-year-old under barn in Pennsylvania — ‘kind of like a quicksand’
Sacramento Bee
911 calls reported a 3 year old male had fallen into a manure pit on a farm and was unable to get out. The Incident Commander (Deputy 33) advised…
- Electric fence sends 5 year old to the hospital:
http://www.butlereagle.com/article/20180517/NEWS12/705179870
- Ireland incident:
17 year old dies in incident involving tractor
https://www.farminguk.com/news/17-year-old-man-dies-in-incident-involving-tractor_49366.html
- Follow up article:
‘It’s one of those calls you never forget’: First responders welcome home boy after farm accident
Channel3000.com – WISC-TV3
He is back home in Livingston after a month-long stay in the hospital, recovering from near-deadly injuries in a farm accident, where he was trampled …
To review a growing national collection of news articles reporting injuries and fatalities, please visit www.AgInjuryNews.org