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I posted this on another forum I'm on a couple of days ago. Thought I'd post it here as well. Maybe it will prevent someone else from an accident...
A friend and neighbor of mine was killed Thursday doing something I'll bet most of us have done. For reasons unknown it appears he was starting one of his tractors (a large farm tractor, not a lawn tractor) by shorting across the solenoid. Unfortunately, he left the tractor in gear and when the engine started it ran over him. I don't know how long he was there until a neighbor lady passed by and saw him laying there and called EMS and Fire. They got him packaged, but didn't even make it to the highway before he died. What's crazy about this is that this is the third person I know in this area that's been killed this way in the last ten years or so. One guy doing this had his tractor in reverse and it ran over his brother and killed him. I knew both of them.
Guys, DON'T get under a vehicle held up by just a jack and no jackstand or cribbing of some sort. ALWAYS chock the tires before you get under something that could roll. DON'T start equipment without being in the driver's seat and if you must, MAKE SURE the transmission is in neutral. Don't get under a large object being lifted by any kind of machinery. I know we've ALL been guilty of being in a hurry or simply just not thinking and doing something and later realize how bad things could have been. I've been there myself. Let's all be safe and try to think of what could go wrong so something like this doesn't happen again.
A friend and neighbor of mine was killed Thursday doing something I'll bet most of us have done. For reasons unknown it appears he was starting one of his tractors (a large farm tractor, not a lawn tractor) by shorting across the solenoid. Unfortunately, he left the tractor in gear and when the engine started it ran over him. I don't know how long he was there until a neighbor lady passed by and saw him laying there and called EMS and Fire. They got him packaged, but didn't even make it to the highway before he died. What's crazy about this is that this is the third person I know in this area that's been killed this way in the last ten years or so. One guy doing this had his tractor in reverse and it ran over his brother and killed him. I knew both of them.
Guys, DON'T get under a vehicle held up by just a jack and no jackstand or cribbing of some sort. ALWAYS chock the tires before you get under something that could roll. DON'T start equipment without being in the driver's seat and if you must, MAKE SURE the transmission is in neutral. Don't get under a large object being lifted by any kind of machinery. I know we've ALL been guilty of being in a hurry or simply just not thinking and doing something and later realize how bad things could have been. I've been there myself. Let's all be safe and try to think of what could go wrong so something like this doesn't happen again.