Reply With QuoteThis happens way too often FFS use jack stands ppl
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Gold Coast man crushed to death under Landcruiser
A 36-year-old man has been crushed to death while working under his vehicle on the Gold Coast.
The man was working on a front wheel arch outside his home in Elaine Street, Southport when the jack holding up his Landcruiser gave way.
Family members rushed to his aid.
He was still breathing when paramedics arrived, but died before he could be taken to hospital.
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‘‘He was pronounced dead at the scene,’’ a police spokeswoman said.
Police will prepare a report for the coroner.
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YarnMaster
This happens way too often FFS use jack stands ppl
LordRover
SubscriberA tragedy that could have been avoided with some common sense.
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LordRover
SupporterTwo weeks ago I had one corner of my Hafflinger on an Aldi jack and it failed with me under it - I would have not got out from under in time with the engine area across my chest - would have been at most 150kgs on me so most likely not fatal and with the adrenalin I probably would have been able to bench press it off me. Different matter if it was the RRS.
Thankfully while I had decided to use the jack to carry the load as I needed to move it up and down a few times, I also put a jack stand under it as a safety measure in case the jack failed - and it did. Car only dropped a couple of cms.
Garry
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Have you contacted Aldi about their faulty jack?Originally Posted by garrycol
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RoverLord
Lesson No. 1 for aspiring mechanics - Never get under or partly under a vehicle supported only by a jack! (from my father when I was about eight!)
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ChatterBox
That's very sad. There are warnings on equipment and in books and so on but sooner or later someone does this. It's a real shame when it's so avoidable.
At any given point in time, somewhere in the world someone is working on a Land-Rover.
Avoidable is definitely the word. Sometimes people take a shortcut in the name of speed, but life and health is not worth it. An extra minute or two, to stick an axle stand underneath, and on such little details a life has been lost.
A very sad reminder to the many of us on here who work on our own vehicles.
when ever I take a wheel off that wheel always goes under the car just in case even if I am just changing a tyre
Wizard
Subscriberits very sad, just saw this one the news. all so avoidable too. had he used an axle stand, or put a tyre under as well, he would still be here. now a family is fatherless because of a two second choice to not support the jack
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