Agriculture has one of the highest occupational fatality rates of all U.S. industries.
Case Reports Incident 1. The worker was using a tractor and front-end loader to load hay bales onto the trailer. The farmer was loading the second layer of bales, which required raising the bucket to near its maximum height above the tractor. The unsecured bale tumbled down the loader lift arms and struck the farmer while he was seated in the operator's seat of the tractor. He died 30 days later from severe head injuries.