Mower turns wire into bullet

[txdon]

Sad week. Neighbor was mowing and his mower picked up a piece of wire throwing it against his temple. It penetrated his head and he died several days later. He was able to put the tractor out of gear before going unconscious.

It is unknown at this time if the mower had any chains or other deflectors.

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[creekbend]

My heart felt condolences to his Wife and Family.

 

[beppington]

Sheesh

How can that even happen?

 

[Baby Grand]

That's a terrible shame. I had good size chunk of wood from a tree branch ricochet off of a tree trunk and whiz past my ear while shredding at the edge of the woods. All it takes is a nearly vertical surface and everything to line up just so ...

 

[Thomas]

Dang..you just never know.

 

[TripleR]

That's so sad; condolences to friends and family.

 

[joemd11]

Wow, just tragic.

 

[dustinfox]

This happens more often than you would think. I remember years ago a kid was killed this way when the father ran over a piece of wire with his lawn mower. Horrible.

 

[deereman75]

Very sad.

 

[texasjohn]

Sad.
Thinking about prevention, in my situation, I have:
chains on shredder
cab to deflect missiles
HST transmission stops tractor when foot off pedal