Last month I posted a piece on the natural selection of tractor drivers (Read it here).
Unfortunately another non-fatal but serious accident is being reported this morning on the Stuff website (http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8455122/Mans-leg-run-over-pierced-by-tractor).
Honestly. Run over by a tractor? You've got to ask what's going on down on the farm.
"Didn't see it coming Officer." Yeah, right. It's a huge, noisy piece of machinery. Perhaps it was in your blind spot?
I'm constantly amazed by the stupidity of the farming community. They just don't seem to get how dangerous their equipment is and how vulnerable they are.
"It won't happen to me..." It often does, with fatal consequences.
Like the guy who got into his own grain hopper and was subsequently asphyxiated and/or crushed by the weight of his crop. A short length of rope tied to the top of the hopper would have been enough for him to extract himself. Instead the lack of common sense was fatal.
Obviously, there will be more to come in this series of posts.
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