You don’t want to see the incident reports for my job…. Things like chainsaws stuck in collar bones, other chainsaw injuries, and getting hit by branches or logs flying through the air are much more common. The chipper is about the worst one and doesn’t happen often but almost always results from someone using their boot to push stuff into the chipper.
I have three daughters. When they get to dating age, me and the boys will have a seat on the chipper feed tray and have a little before the first date.
It's never too soon.
That's what lock out tag out is for.
I worked a very short while for a guy who called himself an arborist. He trained me to use the chipper. His extensive training program was to show me how to start it and told me to throw the branches in. I became an instant expert.
Fear provides respect. Im the same way. Wild how i see some people treat PTO shafts.
Our new tractor has quite a few safety features, enough that I actually let the kids operate it. But the old one... shit that thing was just looking to kill you. My dad talks about all the people he grew up with who had missing appendages from tractor accidents. But he was still moving apple bins with one a 7.
