Re: Tractor Accident
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Posted by big fred on July 16, 1998 at 08:27:42:
In Reply to: Tractor Accident posted by Jason on July 14, 1998 at 20:01:31:
: This past weekend, a 35 year old fellow who lived about a mile and a half from me was killed while working with his tractor. Apparently, he was trying to uproot a bush with a Ford 8N while his fiance watched. The tractor reared up and came right over on top of him and the steering wheel crushed his head. I went over to see the situation. I noticed that the tractor did not have a drawbar nor any implement attached. I was later told that he had the chain attached to the seat support bracket. I had figured from what I saw that it had been attached to the upper link of the three point hitch. In either case, it was too dang high above the axle. It was a reminder to me that you can never be too careful. Many folks have tractors these days who really have never worked with them. Some old-tractor people I have met fall into this category also - they like the old tractors, but don't know how to use them. When the opportunity arises to use their tractor for some purpose, they go to it. If yall know anybody like this, please teach them the basics about tractor safety. In the past few years I have become much more safety conscious. After spending a few Sunday afternoons in the emergency room getting fingers stitched up, I see what carelessness can do to a body.
Yeah, I've started by Farmall B in gear, didn't get run over, caught up to it, too! I've had a chainsaw chain break on me, didn't get cut. But when I cut a 1/8th wide by 3/4 long groove in the tip of my index finger with a biscuit jointer, well, I woke up. Owww!
I'd like to remind you all of some things I haven't seen in this thread yet.
Don't sit a gas can in your plastic pickup bed liner when filling, static electricity can cause a spark when the pump nozzle touches the can. Boom.
Don't walk under a load suspended on a hoist. Crunch.
Use a SMV emblem on your tractor if it goes on the road. Smash.
Don't walk under the bucket of your loader or any hydraulic suspended load. Smush.
Don't operate your tractor when drinking alcohol. Urp, crunch, whir, smash, ouch. The URL listed below is for @g Online's Safety Talk board, if interested.
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