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In 1992, North Dakota teenager John Thompson lost both of his arms in a freak farming accident. He managed to get up and dial for help using a pencil in his mouth. He survived and doctors were able to reattach both arms. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-26-mn-39382-story.html
“Why Risk A Threshing Fire?” Canadian Champion (Milton). August 27, 1942. Page 3. ---- OBEY THE FIRE MARSHAL'S ORDER Posted on Machine ----- Practice These 3 Simple Safety Measures:
Threshing fires will be practically eliminated if these three simple precautions are taken:
Use a water sprayer at the base of the blower-supplying 1.20 to 40 gallons of water per hour according to the dryness of the straw. This will keep down dust which increases fire the moment it starts.
Prevent matches, either loose or is bores, from passing 2. through the machine. Boxes of matches have proved more dangerous than loose matches. Insist that none be carried by anyone engaged., Obey the Fire Marshal's order posted on the machine.
Set the engine or tractor well away from straw or any 3. other readily combustible material. Prevent loads of sheaves from standing or passing near to the engine's exhaust.
Especially in wartime it is every farmer's duty to prevent threshing fires from starting. But if they do start, he ready for them. Keep a barrel of water near the blower-and another near the engine. A flame-proof blanket is an excel lent thing to smother fire the moment it begins: but a coat or a smock will do. Fight by preventing fires.
North Waterloo Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Waterloo, Ontario.
Montclam County Man Killed in Farming Accident
Montclam County Man Killed in Farming Accident
GOWEN, MI – The Montcalm County Sheriff’s Office responded to S. Johnson Rd. for a report of a 42 year old man who had become entangled in an auger attached to a farm tractor.
Jacob Fruchey was attempting to auger holes into the frozen ground near a sheep barn to relieve flooding from the melting snow. It is believed Fruchey’s thick clothing was caught by the auger when the incident occurred. He…
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27 June - Veteran Huling Killed by Husking
Skin harvester. Photo source.
Ola Huling was a well respected veteran of the Great War in the ‘teens, twenty years prior. Now 39, he’d served in World War I when he was only 15 years old.
Ola came back and helped his father on the family farm, content to live a simple life there after the horrors of war. He was well versed in agriculture, and the dangers involved in the profession.
On this day in November 1935, he was wrapping up the final bits of corn that Ola and his father had harvested. His dad was working in the corn crib, and Ola at the corn husker machine, whirring full tilt.
As Ola worked, something on him caught in the gears. Likely, it was a piece of clothing, but it could just as easily been his hands. His fingers pulled quickly to free himself, but the machine worked even faster, pulling him into the shucking gears. The pain was so bad that Ola couldn’t even scream as his body was slowly being mangled around him, inch by inch.
Eventually, the machine jammed on him, and started to shut down. He was still twisted in the metal, losing blood rapidly, as his father walked in on him. His dad panicked and ran towards Ola, pulling him out of the corn husker.
Ola was brought into the house, but died shortly afterwards.
From the Chicago Tribune, 17 November 1935. Source.
Tragic Fatal Farming Accident in Sanilac County
Tragic Fatal Farming Accident in Sanilac County
SANILAC COUNTY, MI – The Sanilac County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal farming accident that occurred on November 17th, 2014 at approximately 6:53 p.m. in a field located near the intersection of Stone Road and Range Line Road in section 19 of Marion Township.
According to Sheriff Garry Biniecki, Sanilac County Central Dispatch received a 9-1-1 call at 6:53 p.m. on November 17th, 2014…
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Its better to have loved and lost than to have lost your arm in an industrial farming accident
Oli Thomas 2009
