dangers on the farm
news yesterday .....about 60 miles from here.....a 5 year old boy was killed when a turning pto shaft grabbed his clothing while dad was working on the machine ...declared dead on site.....i would not have liked to have been the first responders.......
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Sad indeed.
Brings back memories of 10th grade machine shop days....Teacher would sneak up behind us and wack us on the head with a 12" steel ruler...."Roll up your sleeves, that 12" lathe won't even slow down as it rips your arm off !!"0 -
Last year, a leading citizen of our county was pulled into a running round baler. His 17 yr. old grandson was with him. They had to torch the baler apart to get him out.
CUT THE ENGINE OFF!0 -
We have folks that have died doing confined space entry (grain silos) grabbed by the machine (PTO shafts) crushed by overturning the tractor, electrocuted (running a combine into an overhead powerline). People that work with livestock have their own set of dangers with a half ton animal. I have vivid memories of running a tractor with a bush hog at the age of 12- approaching a barbed wire fence, pushed in the clutch and kept going- the blades acting as a flywheel, and feeding back thru the PTO shaft to the rear wheels. Wire makes a sound like a bass fiddle when it stretches and pops. 0 -
Farming consistently ranks in the top ten dangerous jobs in the world. Accidents like these happen everyday in America 0 -
Lost a neighbor growing up to a baler. 0 -
I still live in a rural area . Still lots of farms and farmers here as we rank 3rd in the state in farm incomes. One of the largest classes taught by the state fire marshals service to area volunteer fire Depts is the farm emergency class . Details how to rescue folk from grain bins and machinery . Has come in handy from time to time 0 -
When younger I had a friend that caught his pants on a turning PTO shaft (while straddled) it, it ripped his pants off and his scrotum 
, left his testicles intact dangling down....the emergency room Doctor (WW-2 Doctor) cut slits in his inner thighs and placed a testicles inside each leg, it seems he had experience doing that in the war.....my friend went on to Father 2 kids after marriage 0 -
Well guys, I've been in the farming business all my life and have been operating all sorts of equipment alone w/o supervision for 53 years. Still have all my appendages but have suffered several broken bones mostly due to livestock injuries.
Mistakes get made, safety measures get ignored, and sometimes "stuff just happens". If you're in the wrong place, you can get hurt really bad really quick.
I'm trying to teach my Grandson how to avoid being in the wrong place by paying attention to how, when, and where things move. Learning early in life how to stay safe makes later life more comfortable (and longer).0 -
When I was 14 my dad got pulled into a cotton stripper.
He was able to wedge his back into the shields and pop the slip-clutch.
All I remember is I was jumping out of trailer to kill tractor when the clutch clicked the second time.
Got him out and could see bone through hole in arm. Got to drive him 40 miles to hospital.
Doc said he was the only one of three that got caught in stripper and kept the limb.
Dad was a tough old bird. Talked to me about how I treated girls while we were driving to hospital without any pain killers.0 -
truly sad
seems like any of us who know a farmer(s) or are a farmer know of many mistakes made in a hurry
I have know several with missing fingers and hands and terrible stories from others .
from falling in a grain bin to being pulled into a piece of equipment , complacency and trying to recover repair in a hurry do a lot of damage0 -
this made me recall the unfortunate accidents (or premeditated carelessness) that have happened over the years now just around here 0
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