Farmwithjunk
Super Member
AlanB said:No, we are not at the point where we run safety meetings and training. I wear several of those hats as well at my regular job so am very familiar with it. No, he was not a "Fully Trained" operator at that point.
I am not sure, I was not there for the incident, but I do not believe the operator was aware of his presence until the incident had occured.
I will say that we were fortunate she did not jerk left steer and run him over when suprised. That couple thousand pound mower would eat a person up if it grabbed hold.
I guess I can identify with how it happened.
If you two (soundguy and Jae) want to say that anyone that has an accident like that is stupid, well, I guess I would have to wear that shirt. However, you both would be pretty impressive folks if you have never had accidents and stupid moments.
And if I fired every employee that did "stupid" acts, we would not have much of an employee base (not that it is that great now).
Once upon a time, I was right there with my quick trigger to call people stupid if they did something that wasn't real bright. Then I got a little older. I saw friends, relatives, even my own self do things from time to time that I'd consider a bad move if and when I stood back and looked at it objectively. I saw people who I considered anything BUT stupid doing these things. The law of avergages catches up with us. Being fatigued catches up with us. Just plain ol' complacentcy catches up with us. That doesn't make us stupid. It just makes us human. That's no excuse for being careless, but it happens none the less.
For all I know, the guy who got his toe cut might be Forrest Gumps stupid cousin. Or he might be the second coming of Christ. Who knows. It's impossible for any of us to give a conclusive evaluation based on one report of one instance.