As I was retrieving a fence post thrown down in the debris pile last night, you guys had me thinking of this thread, and thinking I can see the write up now.
As man crawls out into bucket of front loader, front wheels slip down embankment trapping and squishing man with bucket trying to retrieve $10 fence post.....
I think we all weigh out the risks and decide if we are going to take the action or not, some we do without even considering it. I still drive on Friday nights, and Sat morning's even though I am more likely to get hit by a drunk.
Oh, and bucket trucks that I am familiar with (tree guy's trucks) have a cable safety system in conjunction with the hydraulics. However as I was looking over this sign installers cable boom truck, I realized there was NO safety devices at all, and the length and weight they were lifting and hoisting with a ford starter motor and an aircraft cable scared the beejeebus out of me. And they thought nothing of it. (and they were working off the end of it in a bucket or laying on the pole)