Back to work blues?

[LonelyGhost]

Tractor Driver Dies Under Load of Manure

PRAGUE (Reuters) - A Czech tractor driver died under eight tons of manure in a bizarre accident that has baffled his employers, local media reported.

The 34-year old man, identified only as Martin T, suffocated after the load fell on him while he was dumping it in a field near the western Czech city of Karlovy Vary, news Web Site www.novinky.cz reported Sunday. "It absolutely beats me how this could happen," said Vladimir Erps, chief of the company employing the victim.

"The truck is operated from the tractor cabin, using hydraulics. There was nothing for him to do under the truck, but it's tough to blame him now that he is dead," the news site quoted him as saying.

Police are investigating the death as a work-related accident.

 

[dirtydan]

I'm sorry, but I can't resist saying these and I really don't mean to be crude:

Shit happens.
What a shitty way to die.

A freak farm accident, that's what I chalk up this poor fellows death to be. My guess is something wasn't working properly at the back of the truck and he went to take a look. He probably thought he shut off the hydralics, but unknown to him they weren't. There was just enough pressure going through to activate something thereby dumping the load on him.

Something similar happen to a farmer north of Winnipeg some years back, but with a round baler instead. The farmer thought something was wrong with the baler and went to take a look. While behind the baler, it suddenly opened up to unload its bale, which weighed somewhere between 1200-1500 pounds.