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September 1999
ACCIDENT CLIPS AND SAFETY TIPS:
Michigan Farm &
Orchard Fatal Injuries 1999 To-Date
r24
Year-old Crushed in Rollover, March 4, Montcalm
r20 Year-old Caught in Tractor-loader,
3-5-?
r49 Year-old Caught under Upset Tractor,
4-1, Muskegon
r62 Year-old, Tractor, Rollover, 4-22,
Hillsdale
r03 Year-old, Fell, Under Wagon, 6-28,
Montcalm
r48 Year-old, Found in Round Baler on
6-30, Calhoun
Do you have additional reports or newspaper clippings? If you have, please mail or fax the details.
Sending farm injury news clippings and reports to me will increase the Michigan farm safety data accuracy. The information is also used to identify high-risk work and warn others about current farm operation hazards.
The information is sometimes very personal as many MSUE agents and directors have worked with the victims and the surviving family members However, your news clippings, fax or email reports are needed to keep the agricultural industry’s risk assessment current. Only paid employees are reported in Michigan governmental statistics. Family or owner/operator farm workers are the majority of Michigan’s farm labor force. MSU Extension is the only source for such statistics.
Howard Doss
