It happens so fast

Your brother is lucky to be alive. Prise the Lord he will be okey.

+1 on the glad he,,,and you,,,are OK... I have 4 brothers and we all did some things similar I am sure...even had a rotobaler but we tried to be safe, guess it worked for us. None of us are farming 'officially' and we are still all in one peice.

man, it dont take but a skinny minute to be in the wrong place. Glad to hear he was able to hold on.

THANK GOD!!!  For both of you!!  We all get just a little LAX after doing it so many times.  Yep, it only takes a split sec....

Glad he's ok. I bet he didn't want the underware back anyway.

Glad to hear the positive outcome. I had a minor mishap last friday with a rotating shaft myself. really make you think next time around. Was hammerdrilling holes in concrete wall, in tight space. Drill got stuck, decided to grab bit with left hand and try to remove between walls, right hand decide to squeeze trigger and left hand wearing a lightweight nitrile glove got spun around 3 time before I could break free. Sprained hand, will get better, I'll NEVER pull that stunt again, NO gloves for sure, bare hand most likely no problem.

My older brother got pant leg caught in PTO shaft on auger wagon while unloading.It ripped pants off his legs,If he was wearing a belt he may not be here today.My father told him afterwards that every day was a bonus.Could not believe how lucky he was. My father made my brother,I and any friends who wanted to hang out at the farm go through 4-H tractor safety classes from there on. Those films of farm accidents were a real eye opener.

Edited by Pat the Plumber CIL - 07 Dec 2011 at 9:29pm

I am glad you both are okay. This is PROOF that God was watching over you guys.

Was told that same sort of thing happened to my grandmothers brother years ago, He was going to clean up his pto drive manure spreader late one fall because he didn't have any animals over winter, so he left it run ewhile he scraped it cleean. The shaft on the side tore every stitch of clothes off him (one piece underware), he drove home wearing only his socks and shoes. His wife drove in the yard just as he was drive up from the field. 

DanWi wrote: Was told that same sort of thing happened to my grandmothers brother years ago, He was going to clean up his pto drive manure spreader late one fall because he didn't have any animals over winter, so he left it run ewhile he scraped it cleean. The shaft on the side tore every stitch of clothes off him (one piece underware), he drove home wearing only his socks and shoes. His wife drove in the yard just as he was drive up from the field.

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Reading this post brought back a story my father shared.
 Dad was hospitalized following a back injury in 1963 at Burns Clinic in Petoskey , Mi.  He shared a room with a farmer who had been pulled inside an Allis round baler while it was running.  This was the old style round baler which made 40 to 60 pound round bales. For those unfamiliar with these balers when the bale size was obtained the apron feed chain would stop, an arm would drop positioning the twine in front of the intake rollers to complete the tying ejecting the completed bale out the back.
The baler had reached the tie cycle & the curl in the twine caused it to flip away from the rollers not completing the tying cycle. The farmer apparently decided to walk, with tractor & pto running, up the baler apron with a wisk of hay, using the hay to direct the twine into the rollers to begin the tying cycle. For what ever reason the apron feed chain engaged just as he was pushing the twine into the rollers.  The rollers grabbed his hand and he was drawn into the bale chamber. As the baler kicked the untied bale out the back he was flipped around with one arm protruding outside between the upper & lower rollers as they closed.  Trapped inside the running baler, his arm locked between the turning rollers, it soon had torn his clothing off. He lost the arm and significant skin & muscle to the rollers and belts.  Some how he had the presence of mind & was able to insert the heel of his boot between the bale chamber roller gears stalling the tractor. Still trapped inside he began to yell hoping someone would hear. Eventually a lady driving down the adjacent roadway did hear his cries. He survived the accident and was still hospitalized when Dad was released.