Re: What Was The Worst Injury?

Posted by Rick Black on August 14, 2003 at 09:01:30 from (12.31.57.124):

In Reply to: What Was The Worst Injury? posted by Dave in GA on August 11, 2003 at 10:53:13:

I grew up on a farm, and haven't been on one in 25 years...until this past year when I bought my Grand Parents Homestead. Being away so long, there are things we forget, and threads like this (without the gore) are VERY helpful to remind us of the dangers.
I now have three tractors, and the other day my dad (who grew up on the family farm) came over to help me. I asked him to shut down the JD 4020, which was idleing in park. Instead of climbing up on the tractor, he walked over to it, stood in front of the rear tire, reached up and grabbed the wrong lever. Instead of the throttle, he grabbed the shifter. We are so lucky the tractor was idleing slowly. I saw the tractor start to move and jumped over to him and pulled him out of the way. Had it been at a faster idle, that 8,600 lb tractor would have rolled right over him. I know I couldn't stand to live if he died doing something I asked him to do.
We had a neighbor who was about 70, and had owned a J.D. A since it was new. He was hooking up a 2 bottom plow to it, and instead of climbing on, he reached up over the rear axle and pushed the clutch forward (as he had done thousands of times before). Unfortunately, the clutch linkage was worn and when it engaged, the tractor jumped back, running over him. The plow held the tractor from moving more than a couple feet, and when his son found him, the tire had literally ripped all of his guts out.

Danger is all around us. DON'T TAKE SHORTCUTS around machinery.

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