Safety Tips

[JohnMiller3]

Re: Safety Tips - No Extra Riders...Please...!

Please resist the urge for riders... Please...?

Those who have lost someone in a farm work incident may struggle for years with guilt and regrets, their minds telling them, "If only we could have a chance to go back and do it over again." {Part 2 of 2}

 

[jinman]

Re: Safety Tips - No Extra Riders...Please...!

John, I don't remember how many times I have had to tell people this, but when I owned a mobile home park, I constantly had to stop and tell tenants that brush hogging was NOT an spectator "sport." One family even brought out lawn chairs and set them up near where I was working so they could watch me. I had to tell them that either they were going to have to leave or I was going to stop working. I'm sure they thought I was an a_ _ hole, but I don't care. You are correct that the guilt involved with hurting someone would be tremendous. Good post!

 

[Wal]

Re: Safety Tips - No Extra Riders...Please...!

John,

Your posted pictures of the boy riding on the tractor fender brought back a vivid memory from 1972. My sisters third son was being given a ride on some old, even at that time, farm tractor. The driver was a 16 year old friend of his who was not known to be real "responsible" to say the least. Unfortunatley my nephew was sitting on one fender when it collapsed under his weight. He fell to the front of the rear tire and his head and chest were run over. He died on the way to the hospital /w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif. The driver committed suicide several years later.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Re: Safety Tips-Front End Loader-Fork Attachment

Using Fork attachments on loaders…

…A 79 year-old farmer (the victim) was crushed to death when a round bale of hay weighing 1,500 - 1,800 lbs., toppled off a tractor's front forks. The victim was in the process of putting hay out for cattle. He positioned the forks underneath the round hay bale instead of sticking the forks into the end of the hay bale. As he raised the hay bale, the victim apparently moved the control lever into the detent position which held the control lever in place. This caused the hay bale to continue to rise to a point where it fell off the forks and landed on the victim as he sat in the operator's seat…

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/stateface/tx/99tx059.html>Farming for over 62 years… the rest of the story…</A>

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Re: Safety Tips-Earthmoving Operations & Safety...

Earthmoving Operations

This manual has something for everyone… scrapers, boxblades, dozers, loaders, forklift, material moving, road grading/repairing/building, techniques, safety, etc.

Load up plenty of paper for your printer, new cartridge of ink… and print this out…

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/5-434/toc.htm>U.S. Army Training/Safety Manual Earthmoving Operations …</A>

 

[RoyJackson]

Re: Safety Tips-Earthmoving Operations & Safety...

John, both of the articles (about the hay bale crushing a man and the manual on equipment usage[/b] were extemely interesting.
Thank you very much!! For these, and all the other fascinating links and information you have posted!

 

[JohnMiller3]

Safety Tips-Man crushed while unloading FEL

Heavy duty equipment operator is crushed when front-end loader falls off a trailer during backing...

…A 65-year old heavy duty equipment operator (decedent) died when multiple parts of his body were crushed between the side of a track-driven front-end loader and a concrete curb. The decedent was backing the front-end loader off a low-bed trailer in anticipation of using it to level a pad for a new home. While backing it off, the front-end loader went off the right side of the trailer. The decedent attempted to jump free, but was pinned underneath the machine. The front-end loader had a rollover protective structure (ROPS) and a seat belt which the decedent did not use. The decedent, an owner-operator of a bulldozer, had borrowed this piece of equipment and had limited experience in its operation…

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.dhs.cahwnet.gov/ohb/OHSEP/FACE/97CA011.htm>The rest of this terrible story… and Complete Accident Report and recommendations…</A>

 

[JohnMiller3]

Safety Tips -Bulldozer accident kills 3-year-old..

<font color=blue>…it breaks my heart to post this tragedy, about 15 miles from my home… please say a prayer for the boy’s soul and his family…</font color=blue>

Charleston, NY- A 3-year-old boy was killed Sunday when a bulldozer his father had been operating accidentally rolled over him.

State Police at Fonda said the boy was trapped under the tracks of the dozer, which rolled backward down an incline just after his father had shut it off.

The accident occurred about 1:45pm in a field off xxx road where the family lives.

State Police said the child and his 10-year-old brother had gone out to meet their father. The father shut down the machinery and the children were standing on the track of the dozer when it began to roll backward.

The older child fell off the side of the dozer and tried to grab his brother, but the 3-year-old fell off the back and was trapped under the track of the machinery.

The older boy was taken to the hospital where he was treated for abrasions and released.

State Police declined to release additional details and the investigation was continuing.

~~~local newspaper~~~

 

[Thomas]

Re: Safety Tips -Bulldozer accident kills 3-year-old..

And we shall!!

 

[JohnMiller3]

Re: Safety Tips-Snow Removal Safety

Just a friendly reminder to those in snow country… refresh those safety procedures during snow removal… whether by snow blower, shovel, or by tractor…

Lots of hidden obstructions and surprises underneath the snow… boundary lines become clouded and narrow, and that broken down kid’s automobile buried under the snow drift can become a nightmare quickly when moving snow…

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/health/g949.htm> Safety During Snow Removal</A>

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.roadwaysafety.org/guide.PDF>Roadway Safety Guide- pdf</A>