Lucky to be ALIVE!!!

[Garycw]

This was touched on in another topic, but thought I needed its own. I beg of everyone not to mess with a starter on tractor with battery hooked up. I accidentally shorted a starter in tractor while in gear four days ago. After being airlifted to a trama 1 hospital and total hip replacement, I'm lucky to be alive !

 

[tnjind]

Wow, things can happen so quick.
Yes you are very lucky.
Speedy recovery to you.

 

[brin]

Gary....God Bless, get well soon...accidents happen, we all have had our moments and some us got lucky and others not so much ....so don't feel like it's only you....Get Well.

 

[RoyJackson]

Wow!

This needs to be moved to the Safety forum!

 

[kevin37b]

Winter will be happening soon for a lot of us , another opportunity for DISASTERS .

 

[dieselcrawler]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery...

 

[300UGUY]

Good luck on recovery!

 

[milkman636]

Wow, I just read the other thread too. It is a terrible thing to have happened, but it sounds like you are taking it well and we all hope you have a speedy recovery.

Thanks for sharing your story, it is a great reminder to remain vigilant about safety when we are working around our equipment. It truly could happen to any of us.

 

[Rocky Hoffler]

Continue to get well I'm glad you shared this makes us all think. when we get comfortable is when we make mistakes probably nothing that had not done before by a lot of us take care.

 

[TomSeller]

Thankfully you will recover and thank you or the reminder post. What were you doing that you accidentally engaged the start by shorting something?