Farm Safe Farm Well: I felt I would be ‘killed’ - PTO survivor
In this instalment of Agriland Media’s series, Farm Safe, Farm Well, we meet a farmer who suffered life-changing injuries 40 years ago after she became entangled in a power take-off (PTO).
Almost 40 years since she survived being entangled in a PTO shaft on her farm, Betty Taylor still feels lucky to be alive today.
On October 8, 1985, Betty and her husband, Joe, from Ballylooby, Knocklong, Co. Limerick, had brought a load of oats home for their beef cattle.
While Betty was crushing some oats, the loose jumper she was wearing got caught in the drive shaft which did not have a cover.
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