Wednesday, September 9, 2015

A construction worker was killed when 1,300-pound stacks of hay fell and crushed him at North Side Farms in Tonopah, Arizona





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Jamie Sheldon, The Republic | azcentral.com


September 9, 2015


A man was killed after a 1,300-pound stack of hay bales fell over and crushed him near Tonopah on Wednesday
west of Phoenix, AZ.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says witnesses saw four men removing a tarp-like cover from a large stack of hay bales at North Side Farms, near Harquahala Valley and Courthouse Roads
in Tonopah, Arizona.
 
While the men were removing the tarp, the front stacks of bales (eight bales high) fell over and crushed one of the men.  Another worker suffered minor injuries while trying to get out of the way of the falling bales.