Posted by Sammydo on November 26, 2007 at 06:38:01 from (66.172.252.4):
In Reply to: loss of arm posted by KEH on November 26, 2007 at 05:14:26:
I had one of those New Idea pickers, and what happened was he tried to pull a stalk out of the shell corn sieve under the husking rollers, when he pulled up on the stalk, the rollers pulled the stalk and hand up in to the rollers. This same thing happened to me. If you take 4 rollers that are turning side by side, each set of two are pulling down from the top, the middle two are pulling up from the bottom, it was the two in the middle that caught his hand, this same thing happened to me, but it was on the other end of the shell corn screen and I had time to let go of the stalk, it sure sure suprised me when the stalk pulled out of my hand. He was towards the left hand side of the machine. I was on the right hand side where the stalks and husk are discharged. He was lucky to survive with the fire and all. This is one of the hidden hazards about machinery that we dont think of. until it happens
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