Salavage Yard Safety......go in pairs

[Monk]

Many of us can somewhat relate to the story below.......can't count the times I propped up a car to pull a part from it.
Reading the article, says he was pinned for several days.

This mornings St. Louis Post Dispatch......
News > Law & Order > Story
ST. CLAIR COUNTY: Body of Belleville man found pinned under car


01/02/2008

Employees of the Paule junkyard found the body of of the Belleville area after he had been pinned under a wrecked old Honda for several days.

Workers made the discovery about 10 a.m. Friday as they searched the junkyard on Freeburg Avenue at the southeast Belleville city limits after noticing that a car had been parked along the property's fence for several days, Bob Shay, chief deputy St. Clair County coroner, said Tuesday.
apparently was trying to remove a part from the Honda when the car fell on him, Shay said.

[shaun callaway]

Re: Salavage Yard Safety......go in pairs

wow...that goes to show how attentive junkyard employees really are.

[squirrel]

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We did a few unsafe things at the junkyard I worked at years ago, but something like that would be very unlikely to happen....and the dogs would have found him the first evening!

[Lobucrod]

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Very good advice. The older i get the wiser I try to become.

[Joe]

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Wow - what a way to go

[DanStokes]

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This is why I'm dead set against ramps. I know of two guys (one was a friend) who were crushed to death under them. Nasty way to go.

Later
Dan

[ADV1]

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X2!!! I hate ramps!!! won't ever use em...

[shaun callaway]

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i try to never lay under a car at the junkyard. i have had cars start to come down when i was under the hood. which sucks when you are try to take something off and next thing you know the car starts to move.

[Toecutter]

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All of our local junk yards, will not let you go get stuff on your own. You go in, tell them what you are looking for and take a seat. Watch TV, drink a Coke, eat a snack from the vending machines. They send a crew to go get the part for you. If it is something obscure, not worth a lot to them. They will give you a ride on their golf cart to the cars you want to see. You point at what you want and they pull it off for you. 8)

[HoosierGTA]

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dad dropped the right rear cornner of a 74 Newport on him .He lived to tell about it. After that I had to find a new place besides his drive to work on cars because after that , even jack stands and a foor jack weren't enough .(he wasn't using the stands) I'd be under a car and he would start throwing fire wood logs in any where he could.

[thevic24]

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dam hondas

[HoosierGTA]

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Good for throwing under a real car.-vic24

[HillbillySailor]

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This reminds me of a story my dad told me about one of his junkyard exploits. He was pulling a transmission out of a 55 Chevy when the cinderblocks(!) that was holding up the car started to tip over. An attentive friend that came with him grabbed his feet and pulled him out from under the car right before it tipped over. I guess I owe his friend my life along with my dad's....

With that being said, I ususally have someone come with me when I go to the yards. I won't go anywhere near the underside of a car unless someone is with me.

[1/2done]

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[Scott Liggett]

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I've seen that photo before and I just now realized that the idiot is also welding on the gas tank. :o

He so much as sneezes and he will folding in half. Good news, he won't need his wife for aural sex.