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Tractor plow fatalities

Tractor plow
Tractor plow at the 2002 Blackjack Bay Fire, Okeefenokee NWR, Florida and Georgia. Photo by Bill Gabbert

We did some research on the history of line of duty deaths involving the operators of tractor plows while working on fires.

Tractor plow fatalities

Most, but not all, of the incidents are listed in the NWCG publication “Historical Wildland Firefighter Fatalities 1910 – 1996”.

1998 Arkansas tractor plow fatality
The site of the 1998 tractor plow fatality in Arkansas. NIOSH photo.
Tractor plow at 2002 Blackjack Bay Fire, Okeefenokee
The underside of a tractor plow at the 2002 Blackjack Bay Fire, Okeefenokee NWR, Florida and Georgia. Photo by Bill Gabbert

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