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Do not take chances!
« on: 16 April 2017, 17:15:48 »

A sombre warning to all you guys !   Take care.




http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/16/keen-mechanic-found-girlfriend-crushed-death-underneath-car/?google_editors_picks=true

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Re: Do not take chances!
« Reply #1 on: 16 April 2017, 17:20:15 »
God, what a horrible thing to come home to. Having said that, he was supposed to be a safety engineer. :(
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« Reply #2 on: 16 April 2017, 17:50:22 »
Very sad to read  :'(

But no detail on how it actually happened, failed jack? Slipped off an axel stand?  :-\
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Re: Do not take chances!
« Reply #3 on: 16 April 2017, 17:50:45 »
Very, very sad :'( :'(

Was he using any form of axle stand?  Was he using a heavy duty jack?  Did he get over-confident and a bit lazy in his approach to safety?

No doubt answers will come out later, but it is a warning to all of us who work on cars.
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Re: Do not take chances!
« Reply #4 on: 16 April 2017, 17:53:32 »
"I can remember one occasion where he'd taken the engine out and painted it and then left it in the oven to dry, and I was always finding air filters in the dishwasher."

He must have had a big oven! :-\
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Re: Do not take chances!
« Reply #5 on: 16 April 2017, 17:54:59 »
Probably at work...
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Re: Do not take chances!
« Reply #6 on: 16 April 2017, 17:56:21 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 16 April 2017, 17:54:59
Probably at work...
Quote from: Shackeng on 16 April 2017, 17:53:32
"I can remember one occasion where he'd taken the engine out and painted it and then left it in the oven to dry, and I was always finding air filters in the dishwasher."

He must have had a big oven! :-\
Or a very small car. :-X
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Re: Do not take chances!
« Reply #7 on: 16 April 2017, 18:06:01 »
Audi S4 if you read the article ::)

It is accepted risk of working under any car... regardless of preparation, if summat goes wrong, you simply don't have the time or space to get out of the way :'(
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Re: Do not take chances!
« Reply #8 on: 16 April 2017, 18:07:34 »
I'm always dubious of going under proper garage ramps since I saw the results of one failing whilst the mechanic was working under a car, it came down breaking many bones he was in a bad way but made a full recovery.
What makes it more scary was the fact that it was the ramps that I used too. :o
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Re: Do not take chances!
« Reply #9 on: 16 April 2017, 18:14:03 »
A good friend of mine has been in a wheelchair for the last 17 years after a truck he was underneath fell on him.  :(
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Re: Do not take chances!
« Reply #10 on: 16 April 2017, 19:08:11 »
While it's unknown what he was supporting the car with it just goes to show that skilled/amateur/novice mechanic alike can never take anything for granted.It must have been/still is horrible for his girlfriend to return to.
Is it just me with my morbid sense of humour or does anyone else find it somewhat ironic that he was lowering the suspension? :-X
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Re: Do not take chances!
« Reply #11 on: 16 April 2017, 19:45:47 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 16 April 2017, 18:06:01
Audi S4 if you read the article ::)

It is accepted risk of working under any car... regardless of preparation, if summat goes wrong, you simply don't have the time or space to get out of the way :'(
;D, Yes DG, i did read the article, it was my attempt at being flippant. Obviously failing. :-[
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Re: Do not take chances!
« Reply #12 on: 16 April 2017, 19:52:10 »
Quote from: ronnyd on 16 April 2017, 19:45:47
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 16 April 2017, 18:06:01
Audi S4 if you read the article ::)

It is accepted risk of working under any car... regardless of preparation, if summat goes wrong, you simply don't have the time or space to get out of the way :'(
;D, Yes DG, i did read the article, it was my attempt at being flippant. Obviously failing. :-[
Blah, blah blah... might be considered tasteless and inappropriate...

Stemo is clearly much better at this ::)
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Re: Do not take chances!
« Reply #13 on: 16 April 2017, 19:52:23 »
Bet he didn't mean to lower the suspension that much.
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Re: Do not take chances!
« Reply #14 on: 16 April 2017, 21:12:52 »
Quote from: STEMO on 16 April 2017, 19:52:23
Bet he didn't mean to lower the suspension that much.

It scares me that I'm on a similar level to you.

Pun not intended but left in after reading it back
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