Be careful out there.

The invention of the corn picker did more to maim farmers than any other invention. The hay baler was next in line for being the most likely to inflict serious injury or death. People had little experience around mechanically powered things in those days. We have returned to that situation now as very few have any experience around such things during their years prior to entering the workforce.

Rankin_File, post: 404802, member: 101 wrote: Lots of ways to check out.... some aren't so good.

"Blunt force trauma". I wish more news sources would describe tragedy's this way instead of conveying their gruesome detailed story line compete with pictures. You don't have to be a genius to figure out the rest.

Rankin_File, post: 404802, member: 101 wrote: Lots of ways to check out.... some aren't so good..

Those of you familiar with hot-mix laydown "track pavers" should know of the augers that move the mix from the hopper to the screed. We had a luckless fella that somehow fell into the back of the hopper, got chewed up AND cooked at the same time. It was horrible.

The outfit had at least a dozen pavers and none of the crews would work on that one after that. The company finally sold it for scrap.

Guy up here fell off his tractor and got run over by his brush hog.

Holy Cow, post: 404826, member: 50 wrote: The invention of the corn picker did more to maim farmers than any other invention. The hay baler was next in line for being the most likely to inflict serious injury or death. People had little experience around mechanically powered things in those days. We have returned to that situation now as very few have any experience around such things during their years prior to entering the workforce.

My grandfather lost two fingers to a corn picker. He was trying to clear a jam and it grabbed. He had to use his pocket knife to complete the job so he could go get help.
As an aside, one of the best hand draftsmen I ever knew had lost the top two joints on the trigger finger on his fight hand to a fan belt and pulley. If you remember the old Koh-I-Noor pens worked best if you held them vertically. He would prop the barrel of the pen against the "stub" and it was vertical.
Andy

Friend of a friend was run over by a roller the other day. Made it to the hospital conscious and talking but the damage was too severe.