Farm Safety - PTO Shaft Accident

[@Katch.22]

the fact that he used this very unfortunate personal accident to warn others of safety is just so moving. I hope he and has family have worked things out for the best for them all and they the remain supportive and loving

[@andymurray2735]

People never realize it but the pto is one of the most dangerous things on machinery everyone needs to hear this story and learn from it

[@shea4708]

U play golf hai

[@NGHmusic]

can be*

[@paulskopic5844]

Often these injuries happen when one is taking a shortcut to save just a couple of minutes. Every one of us that operates farm or construction equipment are probably guilty and don't realize how many times we dodged a bullet.

[@246trixie]

I hope youre all doing well, sending you love and prayers

[@xXMarkWadeyXx]

Don't be daft, cover ya shaft.. words to live by.

[@stevenwilliams8460]

Thinking of you Steven from north wales, farmer my self, you have educated meny people ❤

[@michaeldaigle7207]

I was instructed to dig potatoes with a rock picker at the farm i worked at because the potato digger was broken. There was a steel bar that ran across the top of the track that pulled rocks to the back of the machine, so the sod would get stuck trying to go through. Another hand and I were using forks to push the sod under and through. He was a decent bit smaller and younger than i was, he was having a hard time to keep up with the pace the driver was setting and wasn't able to push all his sod through on his side. I reached over the machine to push his side through and that's when suddenly i was belly to the PTO shaft, I was being pulled in by my shirt. I braced against the machine and hoped. I was lucky enough to be in a thin cotton t-shirt and strong enough to hold on while it was ripped off my back. I came out of it with some lacerations on my stomach, nothing major. I'm so incredibly lucky to be alive. This NEEDS to be shown to anyone that works around rotating machines. I knew the dangers, i knew it'd rip my limbs off and kill me dead in an instant. I'd worked with that tractor, seen and taken advantage of its raw power on a daily basis for years. I got too comfortable, I rushed. It's genuinely scary to see how lucky I was.

[@Katch.22]

Wow! thanks for sharing, so glad everyone was ok! that's incredibly frightening

[@henrydobson9419]

Christ mate.. You’re sooo lucky.

[@gerrycollins7390]

Always beware of machines on the farm. You dont notice the dangers untill it hapens to on one of your freinds or family or even you. A few weeks ago my cousin's 14 year old freind was surprisingly father by filling the potholes on the road by himself the tractor unfortunately capsised and a wrench in it hit him on the head cause him to bleed to death

[@MegaVolvic]

Fair play for still farming

[@nizzurtmontalgizzert3337]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@cianrooney5155]

do not work late at any farm at nighttime s stay safe focuse

[@wouterberg47]

the pto shaft of my bosses machine doesnt have a protector but i always shut it of when im near that thing

[@MagnumPI4]

+wouter berg hope he has good insurance and a lawyer

[@billabong9215]

Complete laziness really. Put one on. I got a close call once when putting on the slurry tank. Was putting the PTO on and the hooks on the hitch hadn't closed properly and it popped off and landed on my foot. Luckily the tank bounced on a rock and I pulled out my foot. Few inches back and it would have crushed by the stand.

[@ralfie8801]

Sean O Tuama I’ve found mine not sitting in both of the lower saddles a few times, the latches won’t lock if it’s not in the hitch properly. I’ve not had an implement fall though. That’s why I make sure it’s locked in place before doing anything else. I usually only have the problem when hooking up to my 65” garden tiller. I don’t want any of those tines landing on my boot if it falls off. Be safe, and make sure those locks close first thing!

[@paddymickiemickie8221]

My admiration to you for your courage to tell you story, and courage to get on with life The rest of my comment. Is a reply to a comment as to what a major accident / Incident such as yours should be called I follow watch Andy the Armless Farmer on KZbin makes for interesting story of a bloke who lost his arms as a kid in a grain elevator Does it matter what it’s called the man lost a limb and that’s major trauma I don’t know what your personal experiences are or indeed you mine . Me Briefly: 20 + yrs in the agricultural industry in Irl , 30 yrs kicking round the agricultural + Mining industry in Australia a s Nz My opinion for what it’s worth If people could be thought to regard machinery as ,similar to a loaded gun with both hammers back and looking down the barrel, it might help eliminate a lot of incidents accidents ,call them what you will. The agricultural and indeed several other food producing industries are relatively high risk , and the people who work in them are by nature risk takers, it’s not like working in an office where there are other risks , but people who live in glasshouses should not throw stones

[@allanbarsness6076]

thats sad to hear

[@mrkamikaze3009]

Today i was lucky to have minor injurys the shaft caught my pants and it pulled me in scrapped parts of my thigh. Im glad im alive i almost died because of my poor choices.. I clearly learned my lesson..

[@jasonturner3711]

Never ever work on anything with it running !! A bigg noo noo

[@246trixie]

A lady in oz last one arm and the comlete use of the other god love her

[@straylgk5497]

That's very similar to lathe accidents I have heard of

[@30acreshop_time]

Lathes are brutal, they spin way way faster than a PTO shaft and couldn’t be jammed like one… it most likely rip you to shreds and you’d die

[@supercalifragilestic]

oh bro

[@twizz420]

Accidents like this don't just affect one person. Now his kids have to give up any hopes of going to college and being something other than a farmer, and his wife has to basically be a full-time caretaker. Unfortunately, people don't think about this stuff when they choose to ignore safety guidelines.

[@Katch.22]

disgusting comment

[@And_Aaron_loves_to_kill]

Bit harsh.

[@PAGANONYMOUS]

Why would there not be something like a laser beam installed on the tractor near the PTO which acts as a safety cutoff or brake setup in such a way if anything breaks the beam such as a body the PTO immediately stops in the event a PTO cover is not used?

[@alanphelan9108]

They can spin 25 revolutions a second. A break system would be very costly as it would completely destroy tractor and the implement being used to stop a pto so erratically. Yes a good idea when it comes to safety but with the nature of farming a lot of things can hit the pto during everyday work activating such a breaking system that would be so costly on a farmer that it would not be practical.

[@PAGANONYMOUS]

A braking drum or shoes could be used without catastrophic destruction of the mechanism just like a car. you could just use a clutch attached to a microcontroller and multiple sensors including optical, load sensors etc where a piece of straw or whatever wouldn't stop the PTO but a body would.

[@alanphelan9108]

@@PAGANONYMOUS by the time drum breaks would successfully stop a pto you would be spun around the mechanism 5 times. Ptos are used in hedge cutting, silage harvesting, seeding, slurry spreading and countless other everyday jobs where impacts and damage to the pto are common place. Of course it would be great to have an invention that could save lives but death by pto has dropped by such a magnitude because of awareness alone on how deadly they are.

[@fredrit323]

Farming is not dangerous, cutting corners is... pto guards are there for a reason...

[@neilbreen9041]

Just turn off pto whe you're doing something near it. It!s easy as that.

[@METALLICARULES11]

Is it really so hard to just turn the fucking thing off when it's not in use? I swear half of work place accidents could be prevented by turning the machine off when it's not in use.

[@Salemchevy]

Perhaps but how you going to see what the problem is if it is not running.

[@pmacc3557]

Horrendous

[@hazelcameron6482]

your sun is so brave if you see this comment pleas anser this qeschen did your sun get over it must of ben horble for only a 10 year old sun i no what you meen

[@petergohery8602]

Yes he was lucky it did not affect him.

[@Luke-kt2wl]

Oh my god your English is bad.....

[@daveroberts9921]

Wasn't an accident. You made the decision not to cover the pto shaft, you made the decision to get off the tractor with the engine running and the pto engaged. We need to stop miss using the word accident. Poor choices and decisions are not an accident. The sooner we learn this the sooner we can learn to make better decisions and stop the complacency.

[@jodoherty4598]

U no soul

[@daveroberts9921]

@@jodoherty4598 on the contrary we need to call things what they are. It's the only way to stop this from happening to someone else. Education not pity is what will stop this nonsense.

[@smalltown7773]

You sound like smart ass but thinking it over you are right

[@paddymickiemickie8221]

Dave you will get a bit of flak for your comments Does it matter what it’s called the man lost a limb and that’s major trauma I don’t know what your personal experiences are or indeed you mine . Me Briefly: 20 + yrs in the agricultural industry in Irl , 30 yrs kicking round the agricultural + Mining industry in Australia a s Nz My opinion for what it’s worth If people could be thought to regard machinery as ,similar to a loaded gun with both hammers back and looking down the barrel, it might help eliminate a lot of incidents accidents ,call them what you will. The agricultural and indeed several other food producing industries are relatively high risk , and the people who work in them are by nature risk takers, it’s not like working in an office where there are other risks , but people who live in glasshouses should not throw stones

[@fudgecake76]

Yes this could have been avoided but you don’t have to be a dick.