The eldest son of a friend of mine was attempting to change the transmission on
an Oldsmobile using two bumper jacks (his dad was at work). The car fell on
him and he died. It's mighty hard to walk past that spot in his driveway
without thinking about the boy. Use those jack stands guys.
Rick
Keith Turk wrote:
> You know saving your stupidity doesn't help a soul... at least I shared
> it.... some one out there will think twice... and that maybe the one saving
> grace of an incident like this....
>
> Bout the jack stands.... Yeah I Know that drill....long time ago I came up
> on a neighbor who was under his jeep in the middle of a dirt road... been
> there 4 hours pinned by the falling Jeep.... Didn't get hurt.... but got
> plenty smart after that....
>
> I don't wash parts in Gas anymore either....( same guy... different day )
>
> Keith Turk
> Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
> Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
>
> ----------
> > From: Ajhsys@aol.com
> > To: kturk@ala.net; spridgets@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Shop safety
> > Date: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 7:29 AM
> >
> > In a message dated 6/28/99 7:00:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> kturk@ala.net
> > writes:
> >
> > << I stuck a Razor knife in my hand today and got to get carried to the
> ER to
> > get my 5 stitches cause I was stupid..... >>
> >
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> >
> > Jeez, Keith, I hope there wasn't any brain damage! I think one of the
> > reasons they keep you so long in the ER when you have an accident is so
> you
> > will think twice about all the time you wasted by doing something stupid
> and
> > getting hurt. Next time you will be more careful.
> >
> > What's even scarier is when you see one of your kids doing something
> stupid
> > (especially around a car). My oldest son was changing his front brake
> pads.
> > He jacked up both front wheels from the middle, under the engine, with
> the
> > floor jack, but didn't put it on stands. (Which were all of 5' away from
>
> > where he was working.) Of course the jack went over to one side and the
> car
> > came down on it's lower suspension parts. Luckily the suspension is
> lower
> > than the brake rotors. (No damage, no one was hurt.)
> >
> > Now he knows to make sure the car is secure, even if it takes a little
> > longer, and I'm sure he though about what condition he would be in if he
> had
> > been under the car! All you young pups out there, take heed! We all do
> > stupid things, so learn from our mistakes.
> >
> > Get healed soon.
> >
> > Allen Hefner
> > '77 Midget
> > '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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