Farm accident stories...be careful folks!!

06-06-2018 3:59pm

https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2018/0606/968564-farm-death/

An investigation is under way after a man in his 50s died in an incident on a farm in Co Waterford.

It is understood that he was crushed by his tractor on the farm, near Kilrossanty.

whelan2 · 20-07-2018 9:33pm

3 farm deaths this week in farm safety week. Be careful.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 08-03-2019 7:35pm

I had a close call this evening. We had a few cows escaped the debudding with the last few years and decided we'd get them sorted yesterday when the vet was out, all sorted in 10 minutes and rubber bands left in for any bleeds.

They were to come off this evening and I put them in the crush to do myself as there wasn't anybody home till much later. I put the first few through the head gate no bother but the third one refused point blank to put the head out the crush gate. I didn't want to leave it on till morning so I got into the crush in front of her and two bars across to stop her pushing forward. She's normally quiet but refused to rest her head.

Next thing, she put the head down and pushed, bent both bars and up past me in the crush. I was caught between her and the crush and got turned by her as she pushed up and caught against the bars. Then she reversed back and before I could climb out fully, past me again. I ended up tying a gate crossways in the crush and packing the rest in behind her.

I should have done that first time:rolleyes:

Fecking black and blue now. It's the unexpected things that catch you out:o

whelan2 · 08-03-2019 7:45pm

Lifting a cow last week with the lifter the chain broke. Very close one.

Bullocks · 10-03-2019 1:00pm

I was in a hardware shop the last day and had the youngest lad with me (7) .He spotted the new "bump caps" . They are a lighter version of the hard hat and just like a baseball cap with plastic inserts to protect the top of your head , they are high viz colour aswell .
He thought they were cool so I got him one . He has been wearing it around the place since and its brilliant , you can pick him out anywhere if he goes wandering .
I know ideally you shouldn't have kids around the yard but I like to have them around instead of inside all the time and this hat makes them very visible

lab man · 10-03-2019 6:45pm

Heard of a man in limerick lost his life feeding cattle during the week in his 70s rip

ganmo · 28-05-2019 9:44am

an uncle of mine rolled over in his tractor when rolling a pit, broken ribs and maybe some damage to his spine.

Base price · 28-05-2019 11:30pm

ganmo wrote: »

an uncle of mine rolled over in his tractor when rolling a pit, broken ribs and maybe some damage to his spine.

Hopefully any spinal damage is soft tissue damage and not structural. Broken ribs are hateful as they take ages to heal. I have experience of both.

Base price · 06-07-2021 10:36pm

There have been four serious farm accidents within a few miles of us in the last couple of weeks.

A man fell through the roof of a shed that he was repairing.
A man fell off a extension ladder on the roof of a shed.

A man was trapped inside the cab of a tractor when a round bale of silage that he was trying to stack fell onto the cab. Thankfully another farmer was on site helping him.
A man was struck in the legs by parts of a mower that flew off the mower after he got down off the tractor to check how clean the mower was cutting. Apparently the PTO was turned off before he got off the tractor,
Edit to add - thankfully there were no fatalities.

loveall · 30-10-2021 7:58am

Lots of close calls where the adrenaline shoots through the body just as you realise you're still in one piece.

Some years back a friend was moving cattle and closing off gaps. Put a run of bailing twine across one gap and wrapped one end around a rusty old nail. Forgot to take it down and later drove his tractor into the gap not seeing the twine. The nail shot out, straight into his eye. Lost his eye. Always thought it a terribly scary accident to have on your own.

celt262 · 30-10-2021 8:00am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/89585097#Comment_89585097

I do regularly hear about farming accidents in the media.

Kevhog1988 · 04-01-2022 3:13pm

Hi All,

Not an accident as bad as others but i might just draw your attention to the risks of ORF when handling sheep. During the summer i was handling sheep in a pen where some briars have grown through the fence. As i caught one i ripped the gloves i was wearing and came in contact with a lamb with orf. After a week i was fierce sick , one of my feet and my hand swelled up with lumps on it.

After developing symptoms i used the online Doctor in work who prescribed antibiotics but symptoms got continuously worse until one day my foot swelled up so much in work that i couldnt get my shoe back on. I went to A&E but after 7 hrs without being seen i went home and then got into the family Doctor the next day. He had never seen it before but did a bit of research and prescribed me with a cocktail of medicine that killed the infection about 10 days. From start to finish it took me id say 6 weeks to come right. i was constantly tired and was barely getting work i would usually fly through done.

Photos of how the orf came out on my skin and the scar that is now remaining.