Bizarre accident in Oregon

[orezok]

How痴 this for one in a million?
Eugene man, 62, recovers after barbed wire lodges in his heart - News - The Register-Guard - Eugene, OR

 

[JohnBuffaloMN]

Lucky guy - reminder to shut down the mower before working around it!

 

[Industrial Toys]

That man must have some high pain threshold. Or just really dedicated to the task at hand. If I get a tiny sliver all work comes to a halt! MEDIC!

 

[Jstpssng]

He must be part cat, because he sure used up a couple of his 9 lives that day.

 

[kthompson]

Lucky guy - reminder to shut down the mower before working around it!

Amazing how often you hear or see someone handling material around a working machine. Just as dangerous to have someone walking around running cutter for same reason.

 

[Deere Dude]

I am happy the man is okay, but give me a break. Who in their right mind could not think of the things that could go wrong in his little stunt?

 

[Oldoak]

I am happy the man is okay, but give me a break. Who in their right mind could not think of the things that could go wrong in his little stunt?

Accidents happen. We are all human, nobody is perfect and we all make mistakes at one time or another but most not as serious. It has nothing to do with being "in their right mind".

 

[oosik]

Man is very lucky. There are a hundred other scenarios where he ends up cold as a mackerel and lying on a stainless steel table. And WOW!!!! Its a scenario that could happen to an awful lot of us. My 125 year old homestead is still laced with old "flat barbed" barb wire. Drop a shank and pull a mile - an old saying out here.

 

[Henro]

Hope he had health insurance. Too young for medicare which puts limits on what the hospitals can charge.

Bet he was charged more than $250K for the treatment. Maybe double that...

Glad he survived the experience...

 

[ruffdog]

Hope he had health insurance. Too young for medicare which puts limits on what the hospitals can charge.

Bet he was charged more than $250K for the treatment. Maybe double that...

Glad he survived the experience...

I heard that medical bills were once again going to be the main cause of bankruptcy in this country.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I once asked a girl why she had a barb wire tatoo around her Bicep. She said she was hurt! I think that guy should get one. It would be so PERFECT!

 

[hawkeye08]

While some of the safety features on my tractor are annoying at times, I'm glad for them. I don't leave the PTO running while off the tractor for anything except my 3pt backhoe. I don't have a wood splitter or chipper yet. I don't know why anyone would leave PTO running for mower though, just too much to go wrong.

I'm glad it turned out ok for him.

 

[oosik]

I've got 80 acres. Mainly - two lakes and bunch grass and ancient Ponderosa pines. No need what-so-ever for a bush hog - and I'm more glad every day. If I had one of those thing on the back of my open station tractor - I'd probably run over something that would get thrown back and be the end of me.

 

[D2Cat]

The report indicates he was not using a brush hog.

 

[jc2it]

It was a flail mower. They are used to clear hazelnut orchards before harvest. They have a reputation for being safer than brush hogs.

 

[D2Cat]

You finally got it, I said it was not a brush hog.

 

[cqaigy2]

He said it was a flail mower.

 

[goeduck]

I worry a lot about wire wraping in my mower and roping me or anything else into it.

 

[tractchores]

Love that he worked for another half hour only stopping after his shirt soaked through. Tough guy! ... and darn lucky

 

[vvanders]

Accidents happen. We are all human, nobody is perfect and we all make mistakes at one time or another but most not as serious. It has nothing to do with being "in their right mind".

If I'm getting off the tractor and the PTO is running I'm throwing the PTO lever off, no ifs ands or buts about it. I've already clutched in to stop and it takes a split second to do.

If I'm doing anything around the attachment, I'll go the extra step to shut down the whole machine.

We had a thread a while back about this where the split was 50/50 on this saying PTO can't engage unless you're on the tractor. It wasn't until more than a few people showed up who'd lost fingers, hands or knew people who did that it seems like we cleared that up.

Working around a live flail mower isn't a mistake, it's straight up negligence.