A man has died after becoming trapped in farm machinery in West Yorkshire, police have confirmed.
Emergency services were called to a farm at Back Lane, Thornton, at around 8.45pm on Sunday night (18 February), where they found a man with serious injuries.
The 60-year-old man, identified as Charlie Lovell, was found pronounced dead at the scene.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesman, said: "The man’s death is not believed to be suspicious and enquiries are continuing with the Health and Safety Executive."
Friends and neighbours have paid tribute to Mr Lovell. They told The Telegraph and Argus he had a "heart of gold".
Friend Maureen Moorhouse, who was one of the first people on the scene on Sunday night, told the newspaper she had known him for "years and years".
"He would do anything for anybody. He would help anybody out. He was so well liked," she said.
"He was just a really good friend to me and my partner. He used to come most days for cups of tea. He was such a genuinely, well liked, family man.
"Everybody thought the world of him."
Last month, farmers were urged to "make positive changes and be safe on the farm" as a new campaign highlights risks of everyday farm tasks which can lead to accidents.
NFU Mutual has joined forces with the Farm Safety Foundation to urge farmers to assess the risk involved in of everyday farming tasks which continue to cause high levels of injuries and deaths.
The campaign follows news that the number of fatal accidents in the agricultural industry during 2016/17 was 27, according to figures from the Health and Safety Executive.
That equates to 7.73 deaths per 100,000 workers in agriculture, compared to 1.94 in construction.
