Farm Deaths 2003-2004
| Date | Age | Sex | County | Incident Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/04 | 61 | M | Stephenson | Cutting down a tree, tree fell on victim |
| 04/04 | 19 | M | DeWitt | Run over trying to board moving tractor |
| 04/04 | 74 | M | Knox | Driven over by tractor or planter by his son |
| 04/04 | 83 | M | Will | Grain box truck hit by semi - both caught fire |
| 04/04 | 50 | M | Shelby | Turned tractor on incline, tractor turned over and pinned him |
| 05/04 | 44 | M | Jersey | Struck rear tractor tire/planter, lost control and struck side of bridge |
| 05/04 | 60 | F | Christian | Pinned between the tire and the wall of the machine shed |
| 05/04 | 54 | M | Schuyler | Tractor overturn |
| 05/04 | 71 | M | Hamilton | Pass car and tractor, tractor was turning left, hit front corner of tractor |
| 06/04 | 55 | M | Will | Driving motorcycle and rode into disk |
| 06/04 | 56 | M | Scott | Tractor overturn while mowing |
| 07/03 | 82 | M | Adams | Tractor overturn while mowing, pinned underneath |
| 08/04 | 65 | M | Iroquois | Mowing roadsides, tractor tipped over in a road ditch |
| 08/04 | 60 | M | Morgan | Fell from roof of hog confinement barn while making repairs |
| 08/04 | 60 | M | Jefferson | Bled to death after severing his arm hooking up a cultivator |
| 08/04 | 65 | M | Iroquois | Mowing roadside, tractor rolled into ditch, pinning him underneath |
| 08/04 | 78 | M | Marshall | Run over by wheels of trenching machine during set-up |
| 09/04 | 15 | M | Iroquois | Passenger on tractor that was hit from rear by a vehicle |
| 09/04 | 73 | M | Woodford | Man run over by his tractor while mowing lawn |
| 09/04 | 17 | M | McLean | Man driving semi stopped/proceeded, boy driving car hit the trailer |
| 09/04 | 70 | M | Morgan | Tractor he was riding rolled down hill while mowing, overturned |
| 09/04 | 64 | M | Putnam | Combine, semi and van collided - under investigation at time of data collection |
| 09/04 | 57 | M | Lake | Semi trailer burst into flames after hit by grain truck that failed to yield at stop |
| 10/04 | 74 | M | Wayne | Grain truck ran off road and overturned |
| 10/04 | 42 | M | Bureau | Apparent massive heart attack while harvesting soybeans |
| 10/04 | 79 | F | Winnebago | Vehicle hit steer that escaped onto road |
| 10/04 | 59 | M | Fayette | Traveling up steep hill, tractor powered out and overturned |
| 11/04 | 22 | M | Jackson | Tractor rolled forward, striking victim while working on fence |
| 12/04 | 68 | M | Kankakee | Front tire of grain truck blew out, lost control, crossed traffic and overturned in ditch |
| 01/05 | 81 | F | Massac | Minivan collided with farm tractor |
| 01/05 | 89 | M | Massac | Minivan collided with farm tractor |
| 02/05 | 29 | M | Jasper | Pickup truck collided with grain truck |
| 03/05 | 68 | M | McLean | Burned while trying to stamp out a grass fire |
| 03/05 | 67 | M | Williamson | Tractor overturn - sing to pull out a tree stump |
| 04/05 | 64 | M | Macoupin | Pinned under a front end bailer |
| 05/05 | 82 | M | Marshall | Farm helper was struck by train-walking from truck to the tractor/implement |
| 05/05 | 48 | M | Lee | Electrocution, spray booms came in contact with power line-tried to exit the cab |
| 05/05 | 74 | M | Marshall | Tractor rollover |
| 05/05 | 15 | M | Tazewell | Trapped under a small tractor pulling a sprayer, drove too close to ditch |
| 05/05 | 45 | M | Morgan | Tractor overturn - large mowing tractor |
| 06/05 | 72 | M | Montgomery | Tractor overturn |
| 07/05 | 15 | M | Tazewell | Overturn while spraying weeds, tire slipped on creek embankment |
| 07/05 | 71 | M | Moultrie/Douglas | Driver of grain truck eased over center line - 2 others injured |
| 07/05 | 67 | M | Montgomery | Grain bin - grain stopped flowing, climbed into bin to free grain, person unloading grain didn't know he entered bin |
| 07/05 | 56 | M | Jefferson | Grain bin - suffocated when auger got clogged and he tried to free it |
| 08/05 | 76 | M | Wayne | Grain bin - crawled inside to break up grain blockage |
| 08/05 | 76 | M | Kankakee | Crushed by mower deck he was working under |
| 08/05 | 70 | M | Mercer | Trampled by 3-year-old bull |
| 09/05 | 67 | M | Christian | Hauling hay with a tractor - forklift broke away from tractor and gouged into roadway - tractor came to immediate stop causing injuries/death |
| 09/05 | 52 | M | Stark | Found unconscious, was trying to pull a 4-wheeler out of the mud with a tractor |
| 09/05 | 68 | M | Woodford | Tractor overturn - tractor rolled down a ravine, rolling over him |
| 09/05 | 24 | M | Ogle | Car collided with tractor pulling a grain wagon |
| 10/05 | 65 | M | McHenry | Pinned beneath a tractor |
| 11/05 | 52 | M | Richland | Trapped under a skid loader |
| 11/05 | 48 | M | Lawrence | Fell into grain bin |
| 11/05 | 58 | M | DeKalb | Explosion in machine shed - victim died from fire - not sure whether the fire caused the explosion or the explosion caused the fire |
| 11/05 | 73 | M | McHenry | Fell from the front-end loader he was operating |
| 11/05 | 64 | M | Greene | Grain bin - found buried in bin, compressional asphyxiation |
Data for 1993-2005 were compiled using Illinois Press Association clippings and a survey of death certificates by the Illinois Department of Public Health, Epidemiological Studies.
