Be carefull out there

[Peter]

Tragic. Somebody I have know for 26 yrs.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...th-arms-severed-in-tractor-accident-1.2876014


A 69-year-old Ottawa dairy farmer is in critical condition in hospital after both of his arms became caught in a tractor Wednesday morning.

A dairy farmer at Appaulo Farms suffered one severed arm and one partially severed arm after an accident involving a tractor. (CBC News)

Paramedics said the man was working on his tractor at Appaulo Farms on William Mooney Road near Carp in the west end of Ottawa when a piece of tractor machinery caught a piece of his clothing and then his arms.

It happened when the man's clothing was caught in a spinning power take-off shaft, which is used to drive other farm machinery towed behind the tractor.

The rotating force severed one arm completely and the other below the elbow, paramedics said.

 

[Gatehouse Farm]

Don't want to sound harsh but, why the hell was he working on it with the pto in gear?

 

[ridger]

I know a man who lost his arm in the flywheel of a tarrup 10x, he wanted to work on it and decided that it was taking too long to come to a stop so he stuck his arm in

 

[Welsh Farmer]

My good friend was killed in a PTO accident 21 years ago involving a slurry tanker; It ripped his arms and legs off It still sends shivers down me thinking about how he met his death and probably all down to sheer carelessness or trying to save a few minutes in not disconnecting.

Farming accidents are sobering reminders for us all.