A little personal experience to share with you guys that I had posted elsewhere:
By the way.......guys, be safe out there. Take the little bit of extra time to make sure nothing bad will happen, or if it does, you are in a place where the garbage impacting the rotational airflow device doesn't also hit you.� My friend got seriously injured unloading his pickup truck project from my trailer at his camp....He insisted on unloading it by rolling it off the trailer, with only wood blocks to insert as wheel chocks to stop it from rolling.� No safety chain to stop it if it rolled away, no winch to let it down slowly. Worse, he was in front of the truck trying to hold it back when it got away from us. I was in the back corner and did not see where he was but he insisted he was good and had everything under control. I knew better and should have insisted on chaining the truck back but ..again, he insisted and I let him do it. RRRGH.The truck rolled out of control all of 16 feet, but it will affect him for the rest of his life. His body cushioned the blow of the truck against the back wall of his shed. For a second there I thought he was dead.
You can guess what happened. Pelvis broken in two places, surgery to screw one side back together, can't walk for at least 6 months, lifeflighted out of there, etc, etc.�
:'(All to save a little time. IT JUST ISN"T WORTH TAKING THE CHANCE!
It usually only takes a few seconds more to use a safety chain, to put on a face shield when grinding, to get a water hose nearby when welding, to put jackstands under the axles,, etc....THINK about how long the effects of an accident might take, and the time you spend to be safe is time well spent. One thing I need to concentrate on is cleaning up the floor of my work area so I don't trip and fall.... I did do that the other day at my scrap pile and thank God I was OK and did not fall on anything sharp..
This one unsafe decision is affecting me as well. I have been doing a major cleanup at my old place in NY, and now it is a one man operation for the foreseeable future.. I also am taking up the slack at his house, doing the mowing and helping get the house ready for him to come back home when he gets out of rehab..(May even have to build a ramp...)
This week he and his wife were to have a nice vacation at their camp, instead he is in a rehab facility on his back and his wife is spending her time taking care of him and getting ready for his return to the house. Some vacation.
We've all done stupid and risky things working on vehicles.....but....eventually it will bite you if you keep doing it. Again, take the extra time to be safe. Don't take risks with your health.
