Wife feeling a bit pinched Painful picture attached

AlanB · Jan 24, 2010

OK, so the title is bad humor.

SWMBO was helping me fill in my ditch for the power to my barn, She was running the Dingo and grabbing some 3/4 washed stone from a pile we had on the edge of the park area and bringing it too me in the ditch.

I had taken the large 32" bucket off from Lil, our backhoe and left it there in the parking area.

My much better half lost SA (Situational awareness) for a moment, and was concentrating on the front bucket of the Dingo for a second as some gravel was coming out and she was backing up, she backed her leg into the backhoe bucket, then pinched it with the Dingo.

As one of my freinds said, that was so bad I felt like cussing for her.

Scary to think how quick these things happen, hopefully no long term problems, the Doctor said it was "just scraped" (I remember why I changed from him, but he was the one available at the moment)

Dont look if you are squeamish.

Yeah, that one is hurting her, and will take a while.

beenthere · Jan 24, 2010

I'd gladly say Ouch for her.

I didn't follow the explanation so some pics might be good of how/what happened, so we can all learn from it.
Guess the mystery to me might lie in finding out what a "Dingo" is.

beenthere · Jan 24, 2010

Okay
I found out. Dangerous beast.
Another "disaster" with one here.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/hydraulics/156240-my-disaster.html

AlanB · Jan 25, 2010

Dingo is the same, but I do not have the ride on platform on ours. While all our machines are somewhat dangerous, this incident is more a case of loosing SA and doing something wrong then anything else.

My experience with a Dingo (or similar machines) is that they are so capable that folks get them in over the operators heads too easy, this is not something a manufacturer can control.

As to the other "disaster" above, there are loads of problems I see in his pictures, and from his own description a relatively new and inexperienced operator that led to that accident that somehow several folks want to point to as a machine problem. While I hate that any accident happens, I don't think we should jump to the conclusion that the machines are at fault, usually (not always certainly) they are doing what we asked of them.

Sorry the description was not better, will go get some pictures and see if I can improve it, but really the "lesson" is be aware of your surroundings (particularly behind you when backing) when operating equipment, or it can hurt.

beenthere · Jan 25, 2010

Lots of bad things can happen while backing up equipment and walking along while doing it. Operator needs to be too close to operating the controls, and I'm surprised the mfg of this equipment risks their liability and even makes one without a ride platform (with a protective bar).

Hope your wife is feeling better.

Thomas · Jan 27, 2010

Speedy recovery wishies to Mrs.

One can be so saftey minded but sooner later we all get nick or bump around equipment.

Bedlam · Jan 27, 2010

I know what SWMBO means

Is it a common acronym? Only heard it one time before. Anyways glad shes ''ok''

jimmyj · Jan 30, 2010

I've heard SWMBO quite a few times. Glad she will be OK, that could have been much worse!

AlanB · Jan 30, 2010

Thanks for the well wishes, it is slowly fading but I think it will take quite a while before it is all re-absorbed.

Honestly just glad it was not worse, had she fallen backwards when she hit, or been pinched and fallen and been here alone all of which are all to real possibilities it would have been a lot worse.

Thanks for the well wishes.

EddieWalker · Jan 30, 2010

Alan,

Just came across this thread and wanted to wish Hanna a speedy recovery. That looks really bad, but I bet it's even worse looking today. Bruises always seem to take a few days to get to their worse in apperance, then they take forever to go away. That one look like it has the potential to look really bad.

Is that the back of her thigh? It looks like she just squshed her leg in there and really put allot of pressure on it.

Glad that it's not any worse then a bad bruise and temporary pain. Sometimes you get lucky and I think this is one of those times.

Eddie