A volunteer died of head and chest injuries when he fell 18 feet to a concrete floor while helping repair a community sports facility.

People from various work backgrounds had volunteered their time and services to repair and insulate the building. The inexperienced group decided to use a farm tractor equipped with a hydraulically-operated front end loader attachment to raise workers and materials up from the floor.

The tractor with the loader belonged to another volunteer. Because of its flexibility, it was being used rather than conventional scaffolding. It was a common practice in this community to use this type […]