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Newshound
08-09-2013, 01:03 PM
WorkCover NSW is urging farmers and farm workers to make safety a priority following two recent deaths on NSW farms.

The first fatality occurred when a quad bike being driven by a farm hand rolled down an embankment into a dry dam on a property at Parkville, killing a five-year-old passenger. The farm hand was returning to the house on the property after fixing a damaged pump at the time.

The second fatality occurred when a 26-year-old male farm manager was run over by his side-by-side vehicle after stopping to retrieve a sheep on a property at Denman. The farm manager was airlifted to John Hunter Hospital but later died from his injuries.

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