5 minute safety talk

[Spencie]

Thank the Lord for roll bars. I was planting pear trees this morning and decided to push a dead standing tree over with my tractor. It snapped off about a foot of the ground and as I was watching it fall away from me the top of it hit the roll bar on the tractor and broke in two. One 3” in diameter piece hit me square in the head. Luckily the roll bar took most of its momentum. I was stunned for a moment but not hurt. Just a stiff neck now.
Be careful out there guys. Dead trees are unpredictable.

 

[Dustinb80]

Oh damn, glad you are ok.

 

[bowhunter1023]

For a plant guy, you're accident prone All kidding aside, I'm glad you didn't Crack your dome. That could have been real bad.

 

[Big_Holla]

Holy smokes! Glad you are OK!!

 

[giles]

Falling trees is no joke and dead ones are even worse. Glad we still got ya

 

[Smawgunner2]

Dead trees rarely fall in one piece. They break apart piece by piece. All the ash we have are not falling over, they’re just breaking off little by little. I don’t even hike if there is a strong breeze.

 

[at1010]

Happy you are ok!

I tell people all the time, I don't care how much time you've spent on a tractor, around a chainsaw, etc. It takes one small mistake and it can be life-altering. I know I have had far too many close calls (especially when I was young and dumber) and I am thankful I have not been hurt badly.

 

[Fletch]

Damn... Glad to hear your ok... You following in my footsteps...

 

[Jackalope]

Man glad you're ok. I shudder to think how many times as kids we rocked back and forth dead trees trying to get them to fall.

 

[Spencie]

I’m actually one of the safer people you will ever be around. I have a lot of bad luck. This tree had no limbs at all. I never even saw it coming which is probably a good thing.
Thanks for the well wishes guys, it’s greatly appreciated.

For a plant guy, you're accident prone All kidding aside, I'm glad you didn't Crack your dome. That could have been real bad.

 

[Ohiosam]

A local guy, 3rd or 4th generation in the logging/sawmill business, was badly hurt recently. Moving logs with an excavator and a log came through the cab. It’s dangerous work even for experienced guys.

glad your ok

 

[hickslawns]

Ouch. Glad you're typing about it Mike. Thanks for the reminder.

 

[Geezer II]

A few years ago I was hitching a 3pt blade to a ferguson to-20. You have to run the pto for the lift to work. Well i was wearing a pair of thin lounging pull ons - to take a short cut i steped between the blade and tractor and the pto shaft grabbed my pants. I knew it had me and was able to grab the tractor and hold myself away as my pants and underware were ripped off. Walked to the house with a t shirt on - shit luck - been around farm equipment all my life and BLAM - one dumb move. My son said " dad you always said don't argue with machinery it a lot stronger then you - yep - the thin pants saved me - if i had my bibs on it would have been a real bad

 

[Spencie]

Anything that has to do with cutting trees or brush and moving logs scares me. It’s extremely dangerous. One wrong pressure point can hurt you bad quick. But, my free time is consumed by these very tasks.

 

[Outdoorsfellar]

 

[Spencie]

A few years ago I was hitching a 3pt blade to a ferguson to-20. You have to run the pto for the lift to work. Well i was wearing a pair of thin lounging pull ons - to take a short cut i steped between the blade and tractor and the pto shaft grabbed my pants. I knew it had me and was able to grab the tractor and hold myself away as my pants and underware were ripped off. Walked to the house with a t shirt on - shit luck - been around farm equipment all my life and BLAM - one dumb move. My son said " dad you always said don't argue with machinery it a lot stronger then you - yep - the thin pants saved me - if i had my bibs on it would have been a real bad

A local farmer lost his life this same way a few years back. Something he had done thousands of times.

 

[Geezer II]

A local farmer lost his life this same way a few years back. Something he had done thousands of times.

Yes - a guy here i sold hay to farmed all his life and got wound up in a pto shaft- severe injuries

 

[Jamie]

glad you're ok. I think the best attitude to have doing dangerous stuff is to always be just a liiiiitle bit nervous about it. that keeps us focused and alert. being too comfortable or overconfident can quickly lead to complacency, which causes experienced people to get hurt bad or dead doing things they've safely done a hundred times before.

 

[bowhunter1023]

glad you're ok. I think the best attitude to have doing dangerous stuff is to always be just a liiiiitle bit nervous about it. that keeps us focused and alert. being too comfortable or overconfident can quickly lead to complacency, which causes experienced people to get hurt bad or dead doing things they've safely done a hundred times before.

That was me running my table saw yesterday. I was nervous all day, which was a good thing. It made me slow down and think each cut through. I finished the day with no miscuts and kept all my digits as a result.

 

[Geezer II]

glad you're ok. I think the best attitude to have doing dangerous stuff is to always be just a liiiiitle bit nervous about it. that keeps us focused and alert. being too comfortable or overconfident can quickly lead to complacency, which causes experienced people to get hurt bad or dead doing things they've safely done a hundred times before.

Well nervous isn't the right word for me - i have a private pilots license and training and awareness is the key - you need confidence doing a cross wind landing - focused is the key as you stated - thats what got me not being focused on the task - shit happens so fast - situational awareness is required