Agriculture safety expert: Fatalities involving toxic gas not uncommon in farm industry

Rural Colorado mourns 6, including father and sons, who died from suspected gas exposure at dairy farm

Six workers who died in what authorities suspect was exposure to gas at a dairy farm include a 50-year-old father and two sons, an incident that left rural Colorado communities in mourning. Weld County Chief Deputy Coroner Jolene Weiner on Friday confirmed the identities of the deceased — all Hispanic males, including four members of an extended family. Alejandro Espinoza Cruz, of Nunn, died along with his 17-year-old son Oscar Espinoza Leos — a…

Agriculture safety expert: Fatalities involving toxic gas not uncommon in farm industry

WELD COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — An expert on agriculture safety says incidents like the one that claimed the lives of six people at a Weld County dairy farm this week are not uncommon in the industry. David Douphrate, a member of CSU’s High Plains Intermountain Center for Agriculture Health and Safety and current professor at Texas A&M University, understands better than most just how dangerous farming can be. 6 victims in Weld County ‘dairy ac…