Now I'm paranoid

[IndyIan]

Some of the safest people I know are missing fingers.

That is one way to learn for sure! But I try pretty hard not to learn some lessons from experience!

 

[Jstpssng]

Shake Hands with Danger

Ever since I first saw this, I hear that riff in my head whenever I do something dangerous. It usually makes me slow down and re-think what I'm doing. Can't beat old safety films for telling it like it is.

Years ago I was the first outsider on the scene after a hiker had slipped on ice and fallen 100 feet onto a frozen river. When I got there his daughter said "he's gone", and a quick glance told me she was right. At the time I was self employed, cruising timber and offering other services over a 4 state region. I often would leave home for weeks at a time, with nobody to check in with until it was time to turn in data and an invoice.

After that day I might find myself doing something dicey but his face would appear in front of mine. I would stop and think "Let's find a better way." One day I was snowshoeing down a steep hill in Vermont on some rather crusty snow. I decided to take the webs off and carry them... about 100 yards later I came to a pretty good cliff, and with the shoes on likely would have been unable to stop.

It took a long time to realize how I knew the accident victim was dead... he had stopped bleeding. 20+ years later I still see those dead blue eyes looking up into nowhere.

 

[etpm]

Safety forum can really make a guy paranoid.

Ballast, spacers, go slow, gravity and Darwin, I thought I get it.

Now I'm even questioning storing a couple 5G of diesel with my gas in the well house or using a floor jack and car stands to work on a tractor.

Maybe just information overload, carry on and don't be a dummy?

You can certainly store gas with diesel but why in your well house?
Eric

 

[needmoredirt]

Well house is where ZT, rider, mower and tools live, garden type storage.

 

[square1]

It's not paranoia if they're really after you

 

[bdhsfz6]

Safety forum can really make a guy paranoid.

Ballast, spacers, go slow, gravity and Darwin, I thought I get it.

Now I'm even questioning storing a couple 5G of diesel with my gas in the well house or using a floor jack and car stands to work on a tractor.

Maybe just information overload, carry on and don't be a dummy?

Don't forget about all the lithium batteries you have laying around.

https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/home-fire-safety/lithium-ion-batteries

 

[MoKelly]

In my experience, almost everything I have to do can be done safely. But - and it happens more than I like to say - when I feel rushed or tired I tend to think of using shortcuts and then the danger is 5x greater.

That is when I have to say stop. This can wait until tomorrow.

 

[scootr]

Survival is a series of correctly calculated risks.

You can store gas, diesel, and lithium safely together or separate

 

[2manyrocks]

So many accidents happen when people are tired. Not a good idea to try to do that last whatever it is with a power tool or tractor when its just about quitting time.

 

[scootr]

So many accidents happen when people are tired. Not a good idea to try to do that last whatever it is with a power tool or tractor when its just about quitting time.

I had a safety inspector who told me once most accident reports begin 'I reached' or 'I stepped'. Be careful out there