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Farm accidents claim four lives in three weeks
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<blockquote data-quote="jellybean" data-source="post: 7537326" data-attributes="member: 6502"><p>One of the big problems with machinery is that manufacturers have to keep the price down if farmers are to buy it but they are also obliged to sell a safe machine. The more "foolproof" you make a machine the more it will cost and you will never eliminate all the "fools" who will try to operate it without even reading the instruction manual. If you have ever gone through the process of CE marking a piece of machinery you will know what I mean. </p><p>In doing some research for a machine of my own it became apparent that some manufacturers, having produced a very detailed set of instructions and pointed out all the potential hazards, are also stating that despite all their efforts the user MUST do their own risk assessment of all the procedures before using the machine, effectively transferring responsibility to the operator. Whether or not this would stand up in court I do not know.</p><p></p><p>In my view this is as it should be. You are being reminded that in reality everybody is responsible for their own actions. As has been stated by others on here if you look around a machine and decide it is dangerous and you cannot see a way of eliminating the danger, don't use it. In these days of willingness to sue somebody or anybody for the results of your own stupidity you can see why it is common thinking to rely on that rather than doing some critical thinking and staying aware.</p><p></p><p>Accidents will always happen, I have had plenty myself including one which brought me literally to within one inch of losing my life in a machine. Do I blame anybody else? Absolutely not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jellybean, post: 7537326, member: 6502"] One of the big problems with machinery is that manufacturers have to keep the price down if farmers are to buy it but they are also obliged to sell a safe machine. The more "foolproof" you make a machine the more it will cost and you will never eliminate all the "fools" who will try to operate it without even reading the instruction manual. If you have ever gone through the process of CE marking a piece of machinery you will know what I mean. In doing some research for a machine of my own it became apparent that some manufacturers, having produced a very detailed set of instructions and pointed out all the potential hazards, are also stating that despite all their efforts the user MUST do their own risk assessment of all the procedures before using the machine, effectively transferring responsibility to the operator. Whether or not this would stand up in court I do not know. In my view this is as it should be. You are being reminded that in reality everybody is responsible for their own actions. As has been stated by others on here if you look around a machine and decide it is dangerous and you cannot see a way of eliminating the danger, don't use it. In these days of willingness to sue somebody or anybody for the results of your own stupidity you can see why it is common thinking to rely on that rather than doing some critical thinking and staying aware. Accidents will always happen, I have had plenty myself including one which brought me literally to within one inch of losing my life in a machine. Do I blame anybody else? Absolutely not. [/QUOTE]
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