Victorian Coroner finds roll bar would have saved farmer's life

Sharon O'Keeffe
Updated August 2 2019 - 4:22pm, first published 3:00pm
PROTECT YOURSELF: Operator protection devices, commonly referred to as roll-bars are designed to prevent death by crushing or asphyxiation. Photo: National Farmers Federation
PROTECT YOURSELF: Operator protection devices, commonly referred to as roll-bars are designed to prevent death by crushing or asphyxiation. Photo: National Farmers Federation

The simple yet tragic finding by the Victorian Coroner was that the death of 69-year-old farmer Guustaaf Walta was preventable.

Sharon O'Keeffe

Sharon O'Keeffe

National Agriculture Writer - Farm Machinery and Technology

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