Overview
- Emergency services responded to an industrial accident at Orrell Farm on Orrell Lane in Burscough on Thursday 21 May and found a man in his 80s deceased at the scene.
- Fire crews, an urban search-and-rescue team and paramedics spent hours on site and firefighters reportedly cut open a silo to try to reach the casualty.
- Lancashire Police say the death is not being treated as suspicious and specially trained officers are supporting the family.
- The Health and Safety Executive confirmed it is investigating the work-related incident and police will pass a file to the coroner in due course.
- Local reporting and scene photos show a hole in a silo and large piles of grain beside the structures, a detail that highlights known entrapment hazards in bulk grain and that could shape HSE findings and future farm safety guidance.