Teenager dies after getting trapped in bale-wrapping machine on farm

Teenager dies after getting trapped in bale-wrapping machine on farm in Devon

  • Devon and Cornwall Police say farmer seriously injured after getting trapped
  • Fire service, police and air and land ambulances attended but he died at scene
  • Teen was working at farm in Plymouth, Devon when he got trapped on June 22
  • Police say death ‘not suspicious’ but HSE are investigating ‘work-related’ death 

A teenage farmer has died after he became trapped in a hay bale making machine at a farm.

Police have confirmed that the young farmer was working a farm in Plympton, a suburb of Plymouth, Devon when the tragic incident occurred.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) also released a statement saying the worker was trapped and killed while in the bale-wrapping machine on June 22.

The teenage farmer tragically got trapped in a hay baler and died on June 22. Pictured: A hay baler machine pulled by a tractor, discharging a compacted straw bale from the rear in a field of recently harvested barley (file image)

Devon and Cornwall Police said they were called the incident by the ambulance service after the teenager sustained serious injuries while working at the farm.

The fire service, police and both air and land ambulances attended the accident, but the boy was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The death is not currently being treated as suspicious by police.

The death is being treated as work-related by the HSE, and will be subject to further assessment, Farmers Weekly reports.

Police said they would support HSE with their investigation due to the farmer’s young age. 

The fire service, police and both air and land ambulances attended the accident, but the boy was pronounced dead at the scene, police said

A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: ‘Police were contacted by the ambulance service on the evening of Wednesday June 22 following reports of a teenage male having sustained serious injuries while working at a farm in the Plympton area of Plymouth.

‘The fire service, police, plus air and land ambulances all attended the scene, but tragically the male was pronounced deceased at the scene.

‘His next of kin have been informed and this death is not currently being treated as suspicious.

‘Due to the age of the male, police will support the Health and Safety Executive with their investigation into this matter.’

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