A note to my FRiends: As Freeper Kenny Bunk (May he Rest in Peace) taught me, when you are working on ANY sort of motor or machine, NEVER have a tie, scarf, or loose clothing hanging around, including loose sleeves and shirt-tails.
Also true of shop type tools. Many people have had patches of scalp removed or worse from things like drill presses and belt sanders. Be safe people.
When I had to crawl into a machine, I would always open the mail breaker and lock up the fuses till I was done.
Our supervisor made us very aware of what could happen by showing us photos of industrial accidents. Unfortunately we still had some dum-basses who would not listen.
I occasionally did contract maintenance welding for concrete block plants and was sometimes required to crawl into and among the parts that could move to make necessary repairs...
I carried my own safety placards and padlocks, painted bright red and nobody else ever had the key...Used to placard, shut down and lock off the power box then verify power off to all related machinery personally before ever entering the work area...
Never did trust a switch and red tag alone...Some knucklehead might just come along and wonder “why isn’t this machine running?”, and restore power...
Human body versus machinery, the machine wins every time...
Or long hair.
Isadora Duncan
Her silk scarf, draped around her neck, became entangled around the open-spoked wheels and rear axle, pulling her from the open car and breaking her neck.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan#Death