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Another tragic farm death

Sad but now days it seems common sense has been lost by many people. Common sense if the first and best safety there ever was. To many people depend on safety devices to keep safe and when they fail well bad things happen
 
Sounds like he was a wonderful human being. We on the farm we can get hurt no matter how careful we are. I hope his dear wife can continue on.
 
Sounds like a tough situation all around, Lots of family members impacted, plus the assistants who had to free him and get emergency help to take him to hospital. They had to witness the accident, and must be wondering what they could have done different. The term " If Only" will haunt them the rest of their lives. Sounds like safety precautions were taken, but something was apparently missed.
My condolences to all involved.
Loren
 
> to many people depend on safety devices to keep safe and when they fail well bad things happen

Why do you say a safety device failed? There's nothing in the article that indicates a safety lock even existed, let alone was engaged.
 
From the article:

"Together, [the deceased] and his wife... have 15 children... "

"...the family now faces some financial strain..."

So, even though his large family relied on his income, he was either uninsured or under-insured. Something to consider.
 
What a tragic loss, hindsight being 20/20, we always say"well, they should have done blah, blah". It doesn't help the end result though. We've all done things that by the grace of God we didn't get hurt or killed. All we can do is pray for and support the family and hope we're more careful in the future. If I've stepped on any toes here or said the above words wrong, I certainly didn't intend to! Hope everyone here has a good remainder of the weekend.
 
(quoted from post at 17:48:31 10/28/17) What a tragic loss, hindsight being 20/20, we always say"well, they should have done blah, blah". It doesn't help the end result though. We've all done things that by the grace of God we didn't get hurt or killed. All we can do is pray for and support the family and hope we're more careful in the future. If I've stepped on any toes here or said the above words wrong, I certainly didn't intend to! Hope everyone here has a good remainder of the weekend.
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Thank you Phil
 
I'm stating a simple fact and many times that is what happens. Being on dial up I cannot go the many of the links so I state what is true many many times
 
I also just lost a good friend to a farm accident this past Wednesday. His shirt / coat got caught in the PTO shaft of a post hole digger. He was alone when it happened. Terrible loss. Everyone, be careful out there.
 
Never pays to trust anything hydraulic at any time,hoses,cylinders,valves etc can and will fail suddenly.Knew a guy working under a bush hog hooked to an old Ford,the lift suddenly dropped killing him.
 
(quoted from post at 14:17:36 10/29/17) Never pays to trust anything hydraulic at any time,hoses,cylinders,valves etc can and will fail suddenly.Knew a guy working under a bush hog hooked to an old Ford,the lift suddenly dropped killing him.
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Just crazy to get under anything without proper support.
 
An example of hydraulics failing unexpectedly happened at work Friday. I had a feed trailer unhooked in the shop facing the sunshine that morning. Earlier in the morning, I noticed a pressure gauge reading about 300-350 PSI, worked some of the manual levers, no change. OK, the needle's stuck I thought. About 11:30, I'm at my tool box, something "pops" and hydraulic fluid sprays over about 150 square feet of the shop!! A 1 1/2" return hose (working pressure 150 PSI) had a weak, damaged spot and blew out. You never know.
 
about the middle of last week a 49? year old southern wisconsin woman died when a large square hay fell on her.
i don't know anymore details than that
 
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