65 year old killed by corn picker yesterday

ryanwheelock · Oct 21, 2010

A guy in my area was killed yesterday by the same model corn picker I got. Kinda makes me take a step back and think a little more next time I'm out picking. I just didnt a few acres this past weekend. Guess it dont matter how many years you been farming. Dont know the details but must of have had it running and got off to un-plug something with the pto running??? I feel for the family and hate the thought of someone going out and finding there dad out in the field like that.
Ryan in northern michigan

NY 986 · Oct 21, 2010

Corn pickers have the capacity to be that way because of the operator. Our next door neighbor nearly died that way years ago and my father had to cut his arm free with a torch (to the machine). You have to overcome the temptation to unclog the machine while it is running. I am a bad example of this but I try to avoid that and also try to make sure all the safety shields are in place and functional. It made me real happy when my current combine came with reverse feeder house function as any plug up can be dealt with from the cab.

HuskerMedic · Oct 21, 2010

Farm machinery is made to cut, grind, separate, and crush. It doesn"t know if it"s crop or human flesh it is doing it to.

37 chief · Oct 21, 2010

That is very sad to hear. I believe as we get older we become less careful around machines. Stan

INCase · Oct 21, 2010

Be careful in all areas. Knew of a fellow that had one plug up. He Shut machine off like you should, got off tractor and it rolled and pinned him. He didn't make it. Still picker related but not directly.

John Harmon · Oct 21, 2010

I'm a survivor of a PTO incident. I was unloading corn silage with a fairly new front unloading silage wagon and went to stand on the tongue of the wagon to observe the beaters in action.I stepped up on the tongue near the gear box and next I picked myself up from the ground minus a the left leg of my pants and my left foot sock. I had blood running down my left leg from my knee to the top of my work shoe. I was dazed and in shock and layed there for some time until my senses returned and I was able to stagger to the house and yell for my wife for help.Long story short:: When the asssembler at the dealership attached the PTO shaft to the gear box he never drove the roll pin in flush but left about 1/4" of the roll pin sticking out and this is what caught my pants leg. My left leg from knee down was almost skinless from the rubbing the pto guard did to it. Took a long time to heal and even now,40 years later it carries scars. Point is be careful and make sure any litle or large trap to your health that is evident is rendered safe and stay out of harms way.

bc · Oct 21, 2010

And then you hear about the guys poking around a baler and the arm releases and and whacks them.

kyhayman · Oct 21, 2010

No matter how careful you think you are it always pays to be a little more. I walk with a limp to this day after an accident with a silage wrapper. Pretty well destroyed my right leg from the knee down. Every day it hurts and that reminds me just how lucky I am to still be here to hurt.

Gun guru · Oct 21, 2010

A former high school buddy of mine had his FIL die while putting up hay in the barn. Got caught on the belt or something. (this farmer was wealthy enough to have it hired out)

Dave Sherburne NY · Oct 21, 2010

Friend of mine had his leg torn off about 14 years ago, Saw him riding a bike up a slight hill a few days ago.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 21, 2010

We had a fella down the road in southern MD, get his arm caught in a picker, then the thing caught on fire. He had a big decision to make, lucky he had a pocket knife, cut his arm off, so he wouldn't burn to death. Hell of a choice, but he lived. Lesson learned, TURN OFF THE PTO, WHEN YOU LEAVE THE SEAT!

cadet trooper · Oct 21, 2010

FYI, remember, It doesn't always happen to someone else. Words to live by, trust me!

MarkB_MI · Oct 21, 2010

No matter how many times it happens, people still don"t learn. I remember growing up knowing more than one farmer with hooks for hands. The only safe way to work on a corn head or combine is with the ENGINE SHUT DOWN.

65 year old killed by corn picker yesterday

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