Illinois Farm Related Fatalities 1986-2005, Listed by Counties
2004-2005 Injuries/Non Injuries
| Date | Age | Sex | County | Injury? | Incident Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/04 | Unknown | F | Grundy | Injury | Tractor slipped out of neutral and ran over her legs |
| 01/04 | Unknown | M | LaSalle | Injury | Man was stuck on 85 foot platform in concrete silo |
| 03/04 | 23 | M | Warren | Injury | Farm tractor was struck from behind (driver fell asleep) |
| 03/04 | 39 | M | Warren | Injury | Farm tractor was struck from behind (driver fell asleep) |
| 04/04 | 46 | M | Tazewell | Injury | Foot was severed when caught in planter |
| 04/04 | Unknown | M | Johnson | Injury | Turned tractor too short-run over by tractor and harrow |
| 04/04 | 46 | M | Tazewell | Injury | Leg got caught in planter and his foot was severed |
| 04/04 | Unknown | M | Coles | Injury | Tractor struck field cultivator in grass-driver was thrown and run over |
| 04/04 | 75 | M | Iroquois | No Injury | Second NH3 tank broke away and leaked |
| 05/04 | Unknown | F | Whiteside | Injury | Arm caught in auger while feeding livestock |
| 05/04 | 13 | M | Iroquois | Injury | Slipped under water wagon while trying to extinguish pasture fire |
| 05/04 | 34 | M | Jo Daviess | Injury | Motorcycle attempted to pass tractor as tractor turned. Left road to avoid accident |
| 05/04 | 40 | M | Jo Daviess | Injury | Motorcycle attempted to pass tractor as tractor turned. Left road to avoid accident |
| 05/04 | Unknown | F | Stephenson | Injury | Cited for improper turn-grain truck hit car |
| 06/04 | 22 | M | Bureau | Injury | Lost control of tractor and drifted into path of semi |
| 08/04 | Unknown | M | Pike | No Injury | Tractor overturned on embankment |
| 08/04 | 62 | M | Jacksonville | Injury | Tractor overturned while mowing, pinned underneath for an hour |
| 08/04 | Unknown | Unknown | Cook | No Injury | Runaway tractor crashed into a condo |
| 09/04 | 64 | M | LaSalle | Injury | Working on tractor-didn't know it was in gear |
| 09/04 | 39 | M | Putnam | Injury | Accident with semi-tractor and van |
| 09/04 | Unknown | F | Bond | No Injury | Truck overturned and landed on its wheels, dumped 650 bushels of corn |
| 10/04 | Unknown | Unknown | Coles | No Injury | Silo collapsed-dumped 20,000 bushels of corn |
| 10/04 | Unknown | Unknown | Marion | No Injury | Hauling grain, slid off raised section of road under construction |
| 10/04 | Unknown | Unknown | Bureau | No Injury | Grain bin exploded, spilled 6,000 bu. of grain |
| 10/04 | Unknown | M | Christian | Injury | Man working at a grain elevator-fell 80 feet from lift |
| 10/04 | 33 | M | Logan | Injury | Pulling box trailer and struck the rear of another trailer |
| 10/04 | Unknown | M | Henderson | Injury | Fell 20 feet from a grain bin |
| 10/04 | 83 | M | Jersey | No Injury | Ran into farm truck parked along side road-didn't see in sun |
| 10/04 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No injury | Tractor was crushed when grain bin collapsed |
| 11/04 | Unknown | Unknown | Williamson | Injury | Semi tractor-trailer collided with pick-up |
| 11/04 | Unknown | M | Morgan | Injury | Jump-starting tractor which rolled on top of him |
| 12/04 | 71 | M | Hancock | Injury | Grain truck overturned, dropped off road on the soft shoulder |
| 02/05 | Unknown | M | Monroe | Injury | Tractor Diesel fuel tank ruptured causing the tractor to start on fire |
| 02/05 | 41 | M | Greene | Injury | Thrown from and run over by tractor when it veered off the road and into a ditch |
| 02/05 | 28 | M | Washington | Injury | Injured by a Power Take Off while doing farm work |
| 03/05 | Unknown | M | Moultrie | Injury | Truck with 2 Anhydrous Ammonia Tanks turned over-treated for fumes |
| 03/05 | Unknown | M | Champaign | Injury | Grain truck overturned |
| 03/05 | Unknown | F | Champaign | Injury | Grain truck overturned, had to be extricated |
| 03/05 | Unknown | M | Tazewell | Injury | Drill fell from stepladder on head while working in barn |
| 03/05 | 55 | M | Montgomery | Injury | Run over by tractor on his property |
| 04/05 | Unknown | F | Stark | Injury | Clipped tractor tire while turning car around, tractor and driver went into ditch |
| 04/05 | Unknown | M | Stark | Injury | Driving tractor that was clipped by driver turning her car around, tractor and driver went into ditch |
| 04/05 | 47 | M | Montgomery | Injury | Car collided with tractor while trying to pass tractor as it was turning |
| 04/05 | 68 | M | Ogle | Injury | Driving semi and tried to pass a tractor that was turning into a driveway |
| 04/05 | 54 | M | Ogle | Injury | Turning into driveway with tractor, semi tried to pass |
| 04/05 | Unknown | Unknown | LaSalle | No Injury | Farm vehicle struck rear of bus |
| 05/05 | 63 | M | Champaign | No Injury | Fell asleep and hit the back of a harryw |
| 05/05 | 62 | M | Champaign | No Injury | Hit in the rear of his farm equipment by motorist that fell asleep |
| 05/05 | 18 | M | Ogle | Injury | Hit tractor/drill turning into driveway |
| 05/05 | 42 | M | Peoria | Injury | Working on baler-pinned by baler when it slipped back |
| 05/05 | Unknown | M | Gallatin | Injury | Open top tractor's gas tank, caused explosion and fire |
| 06/05 | Unknown | M | Sangamon | Injury | Foot became trapped in auger |
| 06/05 | 59 | M | Adams | Injury | Tractor turned in front of driver that was trying to pass him |
| 06/05 | 56 | M | Jo Daviess | Injury | Pinned between combine and barn wall as he was working on the combine |
| 07/05 | 22 | M | Douglas | Injury | Driving grain truck, eased over center line, struck oncoming vehicle head-on |
| 07/05 | 72 | F | Douglas | Injury | Passenger in car when grain truck eased over center line and struck them head-on, husband was killed |
| 08/05 | 15 | M | Edwards | Injury | Tractor overturned |
| 08/05 | 67 | M | McDonough | Injury | Pinned beneath overturned tractor while moving equipment |
| 09/05 | 19 | M | Jackson | Injury | Driving tractor turning left-man behind tried to pass tractor and car in front of tractor |
| 09/05 | 35 | F | Jackson | Injury | Tried to pass car and tractor, tractor was turning left |
| 09/05 | Unknown | M | Cumberland | No Injury | Pulling hay with tractor, lost control of implement and wagon, overturned in ditch |
| 10/05 | Unknown | M | Morgan | No Injury | Hay fell off truck, driver hit round hay bale |
| 10/05 | 46 | F | Ogle | Injury | Tractor overturn, doing chores outside, pinned arm |
| 10/05 | Unknown | M | Coles | Injury | Got sleeve caught in the transfer shaft |
| 10/05 | Unknown | M | Jackson | Injury | Knocked off tractor mower by debris, run over by tractor mower and severed arm |
| 10/05 | Unknown | M | Warren | Injury | Grain truck overturned, unable to negotiate a turn |
| 10/05 | 15 | M | Morgan | Injury | Driving tractor across tracks, train caught the bucket of tractor and spun it around |
| 11/05 | 48 | M | Lee | No Injury | Semi trailer with load of grain, hit by train at unmarked tracks |
| 12/05 | 36 | M | Champaign | No Injury | Truck overturned, reached to pick up pop and overturned |
All data compiled is from press clippings provided by the Illinois Press Association. Based on research in other states, the use of press clippings is estimated to provide between 60-80% of the actual number of incidents that occurred in Illinois in the years covered.
