A rancher died from suffocation and internal injuries received when he was crushed by a round hay bale. The 1,000-pound (453-kilogram) bale rolled out of the front-end loader bucket mounted on the tractor he was driving. The tractor was not equipped with a general purpose enclosed cab, rollover protective structure or seatbelt. The victim was attempting to back the tractor with the front-end loader elevated when the hay bale came off the bucket and rolled onto him. A witness called for help and assembled several men and another tractor to remove the hay bale approximately 40 minutes after the incident […]