7,500 lb stack of hay fatally injures farm worker in Gilbert
Such a tragedy. We will keep his Family in our prayers.
A 40 year old man was fatally injured Tuesday morning after being crushed by a 7,500 lb stack of Hay in Gilbert.
The unidentified man was air lifted to Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn with severe injuries after being pinned in the torso between the stack of hay and the bed of a flatbed truck by a hay squeezer. Two men were operating the hay squeezer which is used to transport hay onto a flatbed truck for transport. The operator of the hay squeezer did not realize the worker had been pinned. After discovering the worker had been pinned, the operator immediately removed the injured worker.
Gilbert Fire Capt. Rob Duggan said that criminal charges are unlikely and the incident was a "terrible accident".
