Bobcat Accident

[swonkeg]

I don't know if this belongs here or in the off topic but it concerns
a tool used in the landscape industry. The link below leads to a sad story of a
accident that took a child's life.

http://webpublisher.lexisnexis.com/index.asp?layout=story&gid=1990000599&cid=110003011&did=454K-7RV0-018S-3303-00000-00&b=s

Hopefully things like this will make us think before allowing our children on or near our power equipment in the future.

[thegrasscatchers]

This is the EXACT reason why there is that little user's manual riveted with a chain into the cab of the bobcat. I caught one of my guys with his brother in the cab of the loader one day.. not as bad.. but I still had to reinforce my no rider rule.

Poor kid, and poor parents. My heart goes out to that family.

Wally

[Stonehenge]

That's awful. Looks like it was a landscaper, too. Should've known better.

I had a customer who had a cousin over, and the cousin brought his 2 small children to run around the job site. I almost had to get ugly with him to get his kids off the site.

I'm not sure why there's a presumption of safety in and around these vehicles.