North Carolina Injuries and Fatalities 2017 Injury (I) Resulting Condition &/or BL, GA, Sector Date Location Age or Gender Description of Incident Treatment Unit Responding Source Other Fatality (if applicable)
Salem Fire Department, Burke County Farming 2.7.17 Burke County 79 Fatality M Man killed in ATV wreck The News Herald Rescue, EMS & Burke County Sheriff Grace Chapel Volunteer Fire Farming 2.15.17 Caldwell County Injury Burn from boiling water spilled when dehairing hogs Severe burns News-Topic Department Family & Friends McDowell County Farming 6.7.17 McDowell County Fatality M Pinned to tractor seat while trying to clear a tree in his hay field ABC News 13 (WLOS) Sheriff's Department In The News - Courier Farming 6.13.17 Randolph County Asheboro 61 Fatality M A SUV rear-ended his tractor. Farmer ejected and run over by SUV. NC Highway Patrol Tribune
Cuts sustained after an 18-wheeler clipped the tractor that the Farming 6.15.17 Craven County Injury M Cuts NC Highway Patrol WCTI 12 farmer was driving.
Logging truck overturned on highway after hitting pickup. The pickup In The News - Oxford Logging 6.20.17 Granville County Oxford Injury M operator was taken to the hospital with minor injuries Public Ledger
The 16-year-old driving a stolen car. Attempted to pass a car and didn't In The News - Bertie Ledger Logging 6.21.17 Bertie County Windsor 16 Fatality F see logging truck. Logging truck went off the road and flipped over. NC Highway Patrol Advance (Injuries listed below)
The 16-year-old driving a stolen car. Attempted to pass a car and 17, 15, 19, Multiple didn't see logging truck. Logging truck went off the road and flipped Extent of injuries were In The News - Bertie Logging 6.21.17 Bertie County Windsor 4 M NC Highway Patrol & 48 Injuries over. Logging truck operator and her 3 passengers were the injury unknown Ledger Advance cases. In The News - WECT-TV Tree fell on him during a logging accident as he was cutting down several Logging 7.3.17 Caldwell County 51 Fatality M Caldwell County Sheriff's Department Channel 6 WBTV-TV Channel trees. 3 Tractor rollover on steep incline. It took nearly 40 mins to get the tractor Morehead City Fire Department & In The News - Carteret Farming 7.5.17 Carteret County Fatality M off the victim. He died at the scene. Carteret County Sheriff's Department County News Times
Man was driving a tractor and spraying around his turkey houses. Sharp turn In The News - The Enquirer Farming 7.28.17 Union County 44 Fatality M Union County Sheriff's Office around the corner and down a steep hill. The tractor overturned. Journal
Possible electrocution after a tree fell on power lines. Family members say In The News - Winston-Salem Farming 7.30.17 Forsyth County 79 Fatality M Forsyth County Sheriff's Department he stepped on a live wire and collapsed. Journal
Discovered by his uncle who called Broke 4 ribs while conducting maintenance on a tobacco harvester. 4 broken ribs, internal Word of Mouth & The Farming 8.1.17 Wilson County Injury 911. Airlifted by Vidant and brought Hydraulic hose broke. bleeding, lung damage Wilson Times to Greenville.
Man driving a tractor on highway and rear-ended by SUV. Farmer ejected Farming 8.5.17 Randolph County (Liberty) Fatality M NC Highway Patrol WFMY News 2 and the SUV landed on top of him. Asheboro Police Department & NC Unknown. Was Trucker hauling equipment when the truck hit a bridge rail and flipped Highway Patrol (NC Department of Randolph County transported by In The News - The Courier Logging 8.15.17 52 Injury M over. Leakage of 100 gallons of diesel fuel and 65 gallons of Transportation inspected the bridge, Asheboro ambulance for minor Tribune hydraulic fuel occured at the incident. hazmat team called to assess the injuries. spill) A Case Farms tanker truck overturned. Driver was attempting to Hickory Fire Department, Hickory In The News - Hickory Farming 8.15.17 Catawba County (Hickory) Incident M offload the trailer and disconnect it, but caused the trailer to Unknown Police Department, and Catawba Daily Record overturn. Emergency Services
Bakertown volunteer firefighters, East Unknown. Was treated for Nash Volunteer Fire Department, Elderly farmer pinned under a tractor when it rolled over in the ditch In The News - The Wilson Farming 8.16.17 Wilson County 86 Injury M non-lifethreatening Wilson County Rescue Squad, Wilson as he was mowing a pasture. His arm was pinned under the tractor. Times injuries EMS and Wilson County sheriff's deputies Farming 8.19.17 Randolph County Fatality M ATV on highway after spraying, struck by a truck in front of the driveway. Mecklenburg County In The News - The Charlotte Farming 8.29.17 63 Fatality M "tragic accident on his beloved farm" Matthews/Waxhaw Observer Unknown. Was taken to In The News - Carteret Pamlico County The Coast Guard medevaced him. Fishing 9.14.17 53 Injury M Hand injury. Carolina East Medical County News-Times & (Hobucken) Local EMS. Center in New Bern. WNCT9 Sims Volunteer Fire Department & Farming 9.15.17 Wilson County (Sims) 29 Fatality M Farming fatality involving a tobacco harvester. Specifics Unknown. The Wilson Daily Times Contentnea Volunteer Fire Department Log truck rolled over while exiting off NC 55 to northbound US 17. Broken ribs taken to Craven County Tri-Community Fire Department & Logging 10.30.17 Injury M The log truck spilled its load and the driver was taken to the hospital CarolinaEast Medical In The News - Sun Journal (Bridgeton) Bridgeton Police Department with broken ribs. Center for treatment Unknown. Was taken to Watauga Medics, Meat Camp Fire, Logging 12.6.17 Watauga (Boone) mid 60s Injury M Head injury. Johnson City Medical Watauga Rescue Squad, and law Watauga Democrat Center enforcement Possible hip, thigh, and New Hanover head injuries. Was taken Coast Guard with a Dare County Fishing 12.11.17 20 Injury M Fell down a ladder on a fishing vessel News and Observer (Wilmington) to The Outer Banks emergency medical team Hospital in Nags Head Iredell County Statesville Record & Farming 12.21.17 34 Injury M Car rear-ended a tractor in the 3100 block of Wilkesboro Highway North Carolina Highway Patrol (Statesville) Landmark Onslow County Emergency Services, Unknown. Was Pumpkin Center, Belgrade, Maysville transported by helicopter and Camp Lejeune fire departmets. Farming 12.28.17 Onslow Couty 30 Injury M Man fell into a grain silo Jacksonville Daily News to New Hanover Regional Onslow couty sheriff's department Medical Center and North Carolina State Highway Patrol Transported to Caldwell Memorial then flown to Yadkin Valley Volunteer Fire Rescue Logging 1.17.18 Lenoir County Injury M A limb fell onto logger Lenoir News Topic Carolinas Medical Center Department in Charlotte