71-year-old man dies in poultry farm equipment accident in…
Workplace Accident Lawrence County Lawrence Alabama in Lawrence County Lawrence, Alabama: A 71-year-old Russellville man, identified as Jehu Hester, died after an agricultural accident at a poultry farm in Lawrence County. The Lawrence County Coroner was called to the scene on County Road 136 at 10:56 a.m. after a report of an incident involving farm equipment. Hester was involved in an accident involving a chicken litter elevator, a machine used to load poultry litter into tractor-trailers. The coroner ruled the death accidental, with the cause of death listed as blunt force trauma.