3 year old killed after ‘collision’ with a tractor

[chaffcutter]

Another tragedy, but a strange description of the incident in the paper today.

can anyone in Lancashire tell us more, was it a farmers child?

What can be done to try and stop these youngsters getting killed?

 

[glasshouse]

Kid on a bike?

 

[Werzle]

Tragic and awful

 

[Yale]

Another tragedy, but a strange description of the incident in the paper today.

can anyone in Lancashire tell us more, was it a farmers child?

What can be done to try and stop these youngsters getting killed?

Unfortunately the answer is simple, exclude children from work environments.

Easier said than done at times but it would be the solution.

 

[roscoe erf]

Boy, 3, dies after being hit by tractor in 'heartbreaking' incident

The boy's family flagged down an ambulance but he died before he could be taken to hospital

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

 

[betweenthelines]

Unfortunately the answer is simple, exclude children from work environments.

Easier said than done at times but it would be the solution.

I very much doubt that the accident rates on farms is anywhere near as bad as it was 20/30 years ago, but the reporting of such incidents is now far more widespread.

 

[Yale]

I very much doubt that the accident rates on farms is anywhere near as bad as it was 20/30 years ago, but the reporting of such incidents is now far more widespread.

Each one is one too many though….

 

[tepapa]

Unfortunately the answer is simple, exclude children from work environments.

Easier said than done at times but it would be the solution.

How can that be done when there are footpaths through farm yards and almost no way of redirecting them.

 

[yin ewe]

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Unfortunately the answer is simple, exclude children from work environments.

Easier said than done at times but it would be the solution.

Problem is on a lot of family farms the house is part of the work area. I love having my children with me, although I'd rather have them in the tractor cab than running about the yard.
It's a tough one but this sort of accident makes you think.

 

[Tamar]

Unfortunately the answer is simple, exclude children from work environments.

Easier said than done at times but it would be the solution.

Not that simple is it though.

They then go on their bikes to the local town and get run over that way........ or start getting into trouble another way.

With modern tractors, the safest place for farm kids is in the cab. Not very H and S, but it is true.

I expect most of us older farmers on here were bought up perched on the side of a mudguard, hitch, or just standing on the floor next to the wheel.

RIP little one.

 

[Yale]

Not that simple is it though.

They then go on their bikes to the local town and get run over that way........ or start getting into trouble another way.

With modern tractors, the safest place for farm kids is in the cab. Not very H and S, but it is true.

I expect most of us older farmers on here were bought up perched on the side of a mudguard, hitch, or just standing on the floor next to the wheel.

RIP little one.

Totally agree regarding seating.

A neighbour of ours had a car seat bolted in his tractor on the instructor seat 20 years ago. Far safer than out of sight.

Our three now upper high school age were simply not encouraged to go ‘up the yard’.

Been said before but you wouldn’t have young children in a factory wandering around, why a farm?

 

[robs1]

Totally agree regarding seating.

A neighbour of ours had a car seat bolted in his tractor on the instructor seat 20 years ago. Far safer than out of sight.

Our three now upper high school age were simply not encouraged to go ‘up the yard’.

Been said before but you wouldn’t have young children in a factory wandering around, why a farm?

Because kids love being on farms and round kit, even today with kids being brought up with telly, video games etc still wave at a tractor when it goes by. I would never want any child to be hurt on a farm but my kids and grand kids have always been round the farm and come for rides, is it any different from allowing kids to go swimming,ride a bike or even walk along a main road

 

[Clive]

would anyone let their kids play on a factory floor ? or think it ok for a factory worker to take their kids to work ? sit on the fork truck at a. amazon distribution center etc for a “ride” ?

factories / warehouses are statistically much safer than farms


no one ever plans to have an accident

 

[robs1]

would anyone let their kids play on a factory floor ? or think it ok for a factory worker to take their kids to work ? sit on the fork truck at a. amazon distribution center etc for a “ride” ?

factories / warehouses are statistically much safer than farms


no one ever plans to have an accident

Supervision is the key, kids go on playground climbing frames which are high and could be hurt if they fell but if parents are there to catch them they are pretty safe, kids could drown in a bath if left alone.

 

[PSQ]

Last month I was working on a farm cottage about 15 miles away. Near the end of the job I asked the joiner where the toy boat under the new bath had appeared from: the tenant had asked him to place it back to where they'd found it when they moved in. It had belonged to the young son of the family who lived in the cottage before them, who had walked behind a tractor in the yard as it was reversing. Just a wee toy boat, hidden under the bath.

 

[JWL]

I totally agree with the factory floor statement and youngsters not to step foot but, and can often be a big but, it can also be part of their home........

 

[john432]

Very sad ,but accidents happen every where..only the 18 to 60 yr olds should be left out...the rest shout be in a padded cell, wrapped in cotton wool.

 

[Yale]

We should all step up and do our best.

I personally know a retired H+S inspector and the hidden cost is on a personal level of not only the family involved but the emergency services and investigation staff who all become invested.

Nobody ever wants an accident to happen but we must all do our best to make them avoidable.

 

[Clive]

Supervision is the key, kids go on playground climbing frames which are high and could be hurt if they fell but if parents are there to catch them they are pretty safe, kids could drown in a bath if left alone.

supervision is a job in itself so be can’t really be done properly whilst doing your actual job

 

[Will Blackburn]

From what i've heard it was down to a lack of supervision rather than an agricultural incident.