Re: Seat Belts - Can use be more dangerous

Posted by buickanddeere on July 08, 2004 at 19:57:40 from (64.10.41.81):

In Reply to: Seat Belts - Can use be more dangerous posted by Terry on July 08, 2004 at 17:58:10:

A good working seat belt worn snug down over the hips puts the odds in your favour.
I usually work safe wear saftey glasses,ear plugs,wear seat belts etc. Last fall when running a Bob Cat escavator the dirt encrusted and rusty seatbelt buckle just about convinced me to forget about it.
When cleaning out a ditch along one of the most solid looking places the bank collapsed. Even though it was a slow roll there was no where to run or time to do it.
That choice to wear the seat belt made the difference between being crushed between the machine and ditch. To just being really embarassed and muddy.
If you are fast and strong enough to jump clear, you didn't need the machine to help with the work in the first place.

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