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Farm accidents

  • 03-10-2011 06:13PM
    #1
    strandsman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 ✭✭


    Hi Mods
    Can we have a thread for farm accidents?, basically people telling of farm acidents so maybe we can all learn from them.


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  • #2
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    strandsman wrote: »
    Hi Mods
    Can we have a thread for farm accidents?, basically people telling of farm acidents so maybe we can all learn from them.
    Looks like you just started one :D

    [MOD]Moved to the general F&F forum[/MOD]


  • #3
    strandsman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 ✭✭strandsman


    Folks if you could add your stories so people could read and learn of the dangers of farming. I'll get the ball rolling with my first of (too) many accidents I hear of.

    I know of a guy who during the summer got caught in a PTO shaft of a rolling mill. His T shirt caught the uncovered shaft and it dragged him in and it spun him around some few times before he broke free, He survived but had alot of internal injuries but lost no limbs. What saved him was there was no tow bar under the PTO that would have done the damage and also the tractor was idling at the time. Lucky guy!


  • #4
    Longback
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    Seems there was a lad killed by a bull in Tipp on Sunday morn. No detail I'm afraid. Bad time of year for bulls though. Can't ever trust em,but in the Autumn time you need to be extra vigilant .


  • #5
    jonnybravo
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    Longback wrote: »
    Seems there was a lad killed by a bull in Tipp on Sunday morn. No detail I'm afraid. Bad time of year for bulls though. Can't ever trust em,but in the Autumn time you need to be extra vigilant .


    Heard he got a kick in the stomach while casterating bulls. Was working away after it but then dropped after a while. Sad story and all too much of it now.


  • #6
    Longback
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭Longback


    jonnybravo wrote: »
    Longback wrote: »
    Seems there was a lad killed by a bull in Tipp on Sunday morn. No detail I'm afraid. Bad time of year for bulls though. Can't ever trust em,but in the Autumn time you need to be extra vigilant .


    Heard he got a kick in the stomach while casterating bulls. Was working away after it but then dropped after a while. Sad story and all too much of it now.
    Poor lad ! It's a tough story alright. A salutary lesson for us all though , stock can be deadly dangerous.


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  • #7
    DaNiEl1994
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 759 ✭✭✭DaNiEl1994


    not huge accidents but easily avoidable

    these are my own experiences, was sitting on the back of the old transport box (not hydraulic) with my legs danglings over he edge, father let down the lift and legs got caught underneath did no damage just hurt a little would hate to see it happen to a young one.

    next was on the fathers old 35x with just rops no cab standing up beside the fender and have fallen off once when i was younger could be very dangerous.


  • #8
    pakalasa
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    I heard of a very sad one during the summer. A silage contractor was working in the back of an open baler. His young son was in the tractor cab and accidently pressed the button, closing the baler back door down on top of him, killing him instantly. Poor kid.:(


  • #9
    strandsman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 ✭✭strandsman


    Heard of a guy loosing his finger when he was attaching a grass topper to the tractor, His young lad was sitting in the tractor and was lifting the lift arms so he could attach the top link, Then for whatever reason he put his finger through the hole maybe to check if the holes were aligned and at that moment the son lifted the lift arms and basically shearing off his fathers finger.


  • #10
    johnboy6930
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 100 ✭✭johnboy6930


    anyone have had experience of farm accidents? or know someone who has? please post to spread awareness..have just been involved in an accident this summer and is now paralyzed from the waist down..be careful everyone


  • #11
    hiscan
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    Sorry to hear that Johnboy,what happened to you?

    There is a Thread on the subject here from a few weeks ago ;)
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056409267


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  • #12
    sprouty
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    Hi Johnboy, thankfully I have not had anything too major happen to me but Ive had a few close ones & would bet that everybody else on this forum has as well.
    Fair play to you for thinking of others at this time & starting this thread to keep us all aware.


  • #13
    phelixoflaherty
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    Sorry to hear about your accident JB. Head up lad.


  • #14
    johnboy6930
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    hiscan wrote: »
    Sorry to hear that Johnboy,what happened to you?

    There is a Thread on the subject here from a few weeks ago ;)
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056409267

    silage pike accident ..at this stage i don't feel like going into too much detail..but please do be careful around silage machinery and all types of machinery


  • #15
    hiscan
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    johnboy6930 wrote: »
    silage pike accident ..at this stage i don't feel like going into too much detail..but please do be careful around silage machinery and all types of machinery

    I understand,I shouldn't have asked you to go into details,my apologies.


  • #16
    jeff greene
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    Sorry Johnboy, thats awful!

    Thanks for coming in to tell/warn us, a split second is all it takes!


  • #17
    Bodacious
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    Hi JB,

    Thread to raise awareness is a great idea as we all take unnecessary chances,rushing etc and im sorry about your accident


  • #18
    Bodacious
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    I was in castlebar Sunday and saw this poor old farmer come round the roundabout in his MF 35 thought it was lovely to see him out and about in it, he has his 25kg of kerr pinks and few other bits in cab with him, but he went to turn right into a filling station and in fairness its a busy spot to cross at the best of times but his road positioning wasnt great and the inevitable happened oncoming cars wouldnt allow him go and people either behind or squeezing by on his left were getting verbal and standing above on the horn...

    Poor man got flustered and must have selected Reverse instead of second and when he got his chance he let up the clutch and back he went, no transport box so up she went and both back wheels went up on the bonnet of car behind him with child in it.

    Thankfully no one injured but both myself and the girlfriend did feel for the elderly man and the car owner of course


  • #19
    redzerologhlen
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    Sorry to hear that man. Tis tuff luck. As another lad said keep the head up!!


  • #20
    redzerologhlen
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    Bodacious wrote: »
    I was in castlebar Sunday and saw this poor old farmer come round the roundabout in his MF 35 thought it was lovely to see him out and about in it, he has his 25kg of kerr pinks and few other bits in cab with him, but he went to turn right into a filling station and in fairness its a busy spot to cross at the best of times but his road positioning wasnt great and the inevitable happened oncoming cars wouldnt allow him go and people either behind or squeezing by on his left were getting verbal and standing above on the horn...

    Poor man got flustered and must have selected Reverse instead of second and when he got his chance he let up the clutch and back he went, no transport box so up she went and both back wheels went up on the bonnet of car behind him with child in it.

    Thankfully no one injured but both myself and the girlfriend did feel for the elderly man and the car owner of course

    Its an all too common occurence with the eldelry on busy roads im afraid. I think a lot of them panic on busy roads and roundbouts and not just in tractors. Pity someone wouldnt let him out though but everyone is in too much of a rush nowdays an road rage is a bit rampant. Have witnessed some ridiculous overtaking manouvers while at silage over the last few summers. Had a bus overtake me on the outside of a very blind bend with the 10ft mower on, Sorry I didnt report the f*ck*r, If a car happened to be coming it was going to be a serious accident and it was a busy road and thats just one example. Wouldnt mind but I honestly always pull in when I get a chance because I know it can be frustating. People need to calm down a bit on the roads I think.


  • #21
    Askim
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    Bodacious wrote: »
    I was in castlebar Sunday and saw this poor old farmer come round the roundabout in his MF 35 thought it was lovely to see him out and about in it, he has his 25kg of kerr pinks and few other bits in cab with him, but he went to turn right into a filling station and in fairness its a busy spot to cross at the best of times but his road positioning wasnt great and the inevitable happened oncoming cars wouldnt allow him go and people either behind or squeezing by on his left were getting verbal and standing above on the horn...

    Poor man got flustered and must have selected Reverse instead of second and when he got his chance he let up the clutch and back he went, no transport box so up she went and both back wheels went up on the bonnet of car behind him with child in it.

    Thankfully no one injured but both myself and the girlfriend did feel for the elderly man and the car owner of course

    if the other drivers had a bit of patience and good manners, accidents like this wouldn't happen, 10 seconds is all it takes to stop & wave him on.


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  • #22
    mikemac
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    There aren't many open slurry pits around today
    Actually I don't know current regulations, are these allowed anymore?

    Anyway, open slurry pits.
    As there is a crust on top it can support the weight of a small child. And innocent that they are they kick balls or chase the cat across them and end up sinking
    I know as I did this and had to be pulled out :rolleyes:
    Years later my parents still bring it up

    Slurry and children is deadly


  • #23
    Bodacious
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    Ah yeah he was well rattled the poor fella and you're right, we all could be more patient on the roads at times.

    He couldnt even engage the clutch to get her down off of the car in total id say he went up the bonnet 3 times... it was getting caught somewhere underneath or else it could have been more serious for occupants of the car


  • #24
    corkcomp
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    Bodacious wrote: »
    Ah yeah he was well rattled the poor fella and you're right, we all could be more patient on the roads at times.

    He couldnt even engage the clutch to get her down off of the car in total id say he went up the bonnet 3 times... it was getting caught somewhere underneath or else it could have been more serious for occupants of the car

    have a lot of sympathy for all involved here but unfortunately there is no room for sentimentality when it comes to safety on the roads, there's a good chance that elderly gentleman shouldn't be driving a tractor, or at least not in a public place.


  • #25
    reilig
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    [I merged both threads on the topic of farm accidents to keep things tidy]


  • #26
    MfMan
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    Bodacious wrote: »
    Ah yeah he was well rattled the poor fella and you're right, we all could be more patient on the roads at times.

    He couldnt even engage the clutch to get her down off of the car in total id say he went up the bonnet 3 times... it was getting caught somewhere underneath or else it could have been more serious for occupants of the car

    On that vein, as a matter of habit, when I'm on the public road with a tractor I seldom if ever wave traffic behind me to pass me out. Let the drivers behind make the decision themselves. It could happen that even though no traffic is coming in the opposite direction, a vehicle could emerge suddenly from a side exit without you or the overtaking vehicle noticing it. If a collision occurs you could be at fault somewhat for flagging on the driver behind.


  • #27
    drBill
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    When I was about 10 I was standing on the footplate of an MF 153 with my dad driving pulling a trailer into a field to bring in bales. Tractor has a cab but the doors were removed for the summer. I slipped on the floor, fell out and landed flat on my stomach in front of the back wheel which rolled over me. Luckily the ground was soft, the trailer was empty, and we were only moving along at less than walking pace so it didn't really do me any harm.

    Looking back, I feel very sorry for my dad, must have been a terrible fright for him. Really brings home how suddenly these things can happen.

    A few years later I fell off the mudguard of another 135, one of the older ones with no bar behind the seat, and landed between the tractor and trailer. Luckily the driver saw me fall and stopped immediately, or rather didn't continue moving as it was the jerky start which dislodged me from my perch.


  • #28
    pakalasa
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    I was using a transport box recently, an ordinary one with a rope to pull for tipping. I had an older relative with me who was sitting up on the back. Unknown to me, he pulled up the slack rope as we were going along the road and tied it up to the toplink. When I went to drop the box of stones, I just saw the rope in time as it was about to pull across his leg.
    Some people who are not familar with tractors, just don't know these things.


  • #29
    red menace
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    The brother was spreading fertilizer with the 290 and half tonne spreader.
    I was on the tractor with him, we noticed that it looked like the fert was only coming off one spinner.
    I jumped down to have a look.
    I ran to catch up and jump back up beside him instead of waiting for him to stop.
    My foot slipped on the step as there way clay on it, the back wheel grabbed my trousers and dragged me under the back wheel.
    MY legs ended up under the wheel and I ended up supporting the weight of the tractor on my leg briefly before it gave way.
    Ended up with the ligament pulling a piece of bone off my knee and two little holes in my leg where the grip dug in and pulled the skin off.
    The brother was in a fierce state he thought he had me killed took him a long time to get down off the tractor to check on me.
    Spent the full summer in a cast from my ankle to my hip.
    Was lucky though the wheel could have caught me higher up and rolled over my stomach


  • #30
    Username John
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    Jesus - lots of simllilar stories... :eek: :(

    My story - standing in the tractor cab, a friend of mine was driving... we were probably in a hurry, cos it was a Saturday night and we wanted to go out... So probably going too fast, and we turned the tractor over - I fell out the door, as above - summer time, so no doors on the tractor..
    The tractor kinda bounced a little bit after I fell out, so it ended up on top of my leg. Oh, it happened on the road, so no give in the tarmac, when it landed on me :(
    Back mudguard caught my shin, broke it in a good few places, back wheel was on top of my foot, crushed ankle, few other broken bones... Few months in hospital, pins & screws to hold it all together. Few more months on crutches...

    But... could have been an awful lot worse.

    Not saying I dont do careless things anymore, but I do wonder when I see lads taking cabs off tractors cos it looks more authentic apparently, or having doors on takes too long getting in and out... :confused:


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  • #31
    jeff greene
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    Most of these stories are totally down to stupidity and needless risk taking, hardly accidents, I mean the HSA have no hope, when basic common sense is missing!


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