Bogie, glad this wasn't you.

[roo_ster]

From photos you have linked, I suspect you may still roll hirsute.

Also, I hear talk of lathes.

I'd hate to read an article whose title includes the terms:
death
long hair
lathe
and read on to hear it was you.

Anyways, some good safety pointers at the link at the link:
http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/118639/

[grampster]

Only a problem if bogie is a girl.

[CNYCacher]

. . . died of asphyxiation. . .

oh good lord   

I think I mentioned this on the board before, but I was present when a coworker got his glove wrapped up in the bit on a drill press.  Luckily it left his hand behind.  Scared the hell out of him though.

I rescued my wife's late grandfather's table saw from the in-law's garage sale.  First time I used it, the pulley on the blade shaft popped off (loose setscrew) and it threw the belt.  The blade was at full speed and not cutting when this happened.  I shut off the motor, and walked around gathering the pully and belt.  Looked for the pulley key for a while before giving up, THEN discovered the blade spinning away at a high rate of speed, completely silent, still operating under it's own inertia.   

[RoadKingLarry]

I was using my router table with the fence on it when the discharge got clogged up. I reached in to clear it out before I shut it off. When I realized what I was doing I froze like a statue till I hit the switch and the bit spun down.

[Gowen]

My wife read me the story yesterday, all she had to read was long hair and lathe.  I knew the rest.

[Jim147]

I watched a friend bounce off the chuck a few time after his sleeve caught in his work.

If he'd have been alone or the lathe hadn't had a brake, he might not have made it out of that one.

jim

[Brad Johnson]

When I was a kid and prior to OSHA and all kinds of litigation, the post hole digger mounted to the back of a tractor and driven off the PTO had all kinds of driveline things that would suck you in and kill you.  Dad was forever warning us to keep our shirt sleeves buttons, shirt tails tucked in, and hands away from the driveshaft.

Brad

[Boomhauer]

When I was a kid and prior to OSHA and all kinds of litigation, the post hole digger mounted to the back of a tractor and driven off the PTO had all kinds of driveline things that would suck you in and kill you.  Dad was forever warning us to keep our shirt sleeves buttons, shirt tails tucked in, and hands away from the driveshaft.

Brad

PTOs make great hamburger grinders.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBSwOS90wgQ



Oh, and tractors are machines that require a lot of careful operating to remain safe. Most don't realize this, or the full extent of caution needed.

[brimic]

Many years ago i witnessed a female coworker of mine wrap her hair up in a stirshaft of a 50L reaction flask in a lab I was working in. Luckily, the stir motors are are driven and don't have much torque (they can usually be stopped by gripping them hard with your hand). The wrapped upand pulled her head next to the shaft right quick and then stopped. Scared the hell out of her.

[grislyatoms]

I watched a mechanic repair the tarp frame on my dump truck back early 1990's. Not sure exactly how he managed it but he put a drill bit right through his palm. The fingers of that hand immediately clamped down and he couldn't let go of the drill. They had to take him to the ER, drill and all.

[MechAg94]

When I was a kid and prior to OSHA and all kinds of litigation, the post hole digger mounted to the back of a tractor and driven off the PTO had all kinds of driveline things that would suck you in and kill you.  Dad was forever warning us to keep our shirt sleeves buttons, shirt tails tucked in, and hands away from the driveshaft.

Brad

My uncle nearly lost his arm in a tractor accident years ago.  His arm was nearly cut off.  Modern medicine did the trick though and he recovered.  Pretty bad though.

[HeroHog]

I watched my brother "ride" a 1/2" drill until the cord wrapped up enough to pull it out of the wall! He was drilling through a heavy bit of steel in a bench vice and was on the bench, kneeling on the drills handles when the bit hung and away he went!

[280plus]

Even something rotating slowly can have enough torque to do some serious damage. I have the seriously damaged finger to prove it. One lesson I never forgot.