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Topic: I hate hearing this sort of thingPosted By: LouSWPA
Subject: I hate hearing this sort of thing
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2022 at 11:29pm
POTTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) - A man and his two teenage sons were killed after they were trapped in a silo on a farm in central Pennsylvania.
Emergency crews were called to the farm on Lower Brush Valley Road in Potter Township, Centre County around 8:30 Wednesday morning, https://www.wearecentralpa.com/news/local-news/3-involved-in-farming-incident-in-centre-county-coroner-called/" rel="nofollow - CBS affiliate WTAJ reported .
The coroner's office said 47-year-old Andrew Beiler and his 14- and 19-year-old sons were pronounced dead at the scene, reportedly from asphyxiation due to gases in the silo, WTAJ reported. Their deaths were ruled accidental.
Neighbors told WTAJ it was a "ripple effect," with one going in to help the next.
Six months ago, a 16-year-old boy was killed on the farm while operating a manure spreader, WTAJ reported.
------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27
Replies: Posted By: Wayne180d
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2022 at 12:33am
Sounds like they didn't give the silo enough time to finish the fermenting before they went in it. We just opened up the one where I help out 10 days after we cut silage. I hate to hear that, also. It only takes a heartbeat and things can change
Posted By: festus51
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2022 at 1:22am
Sorry to hear this info Every day death is waiting to take you.
------------- We the unwilling Led by the unqualified Doing the impossible for the Ungrateful
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2022 at 5:38am
Hatefully is as the children left in hot cars. People have heard these news reports for decades and yet they repeat over and over. Poor choices, self imposed time constraints, self absorbed have done it this way forever mistakes that cost lives. Then those that know they have to do something as it all goes bad adding to body counts.
ALL too sad and easily diminished as a danger if think and wait or just Slow Down.
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2022 at 6:17am
Every year we loose people from Farm accidents that could have been avoided. Manure Pits,Silos and Grain Bin entrapment kill Farmers ,Sons and Employees and I wonder why?
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2022 at 11:37pm
we lost 4 good friends in separate grain bin accidents thru the years, I don't wanna see/hear of anymore anywhere!
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2022 at 5:42pm
There is danger all around every day. Too often we get to where we don't pay attention to it. I should speak for myself not everyone else. Farm machinery can kill you with one simple mistake. I try to point things out to my grandson who loves the farming thing. Machines and power tools....lookout!
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:15pm
once i needed to get into my grain bin to repair some wiring inside, but knew better than to go on in, i contacted my local fire dept (volanteer) and asked them if i could use or rent an air pack? they wouldn't let me, so i went and bought my own air pack like they ue and got instructions on use. went in and did what was needed and got out, went very good. that was the last year I would be using that bin so when done with the air pack i donated it to the fire dept.
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2022 at 12:27am
shameless dude wrote:
once i needed to get into my grain bin to repair some wiring inside, but knew better than to go on in, i contacted my local fire dept (volanteer) and asked them if i could use or rent an air pack? they wouldn't let me, so i went and bought my own air pack like they ue and got instructions on use. went in and did what was needed and got out, went very good. that was the last year I would be using that bin so when done with the air pack i donated it to the fire dept.
a wise man!
------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2022 at 5:36am
At the power plant we treated EVERY container or tank even simple water storage tanks as Confined Space for potentials of Chemical residuals or lack of O2. Vaults and structures that were a potential for engulfment were treated as death threats. EVERYONE entering had to be listed on a Permit to enter, EVERYONE had to have access to Air Monitoring, for Dusty conditions we used Respirators not simple masks as were not qualified at a decent enough level, EVERYONE wore a harness and were on restraints to be withdrawn if needed. Was a concrete company when I worked in a local garage, we received a IMMEDIATE Vol Fire/Rescue call to go there, worker had locked out the bulk bin to enter and repair the inner walls, took the KEYS to the Batch Plant with him and left a Note as similar to a Farm had no lock out tag out control process. Batch Station manager did not bother to read the note on his desk, was in a harried hurry state and angry someone took the mechanism lockout key, DUG OUT A SPARE and started filling the bin.
Fine lines got crossed, conveyor sent close to 4 ton of rock to the bin with workers on the ground screaming to STOP, the manager suddenly realized was a problem and shut it down where WE had to recover the body of the crushed worker. He had worked there some almost 20 years.
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2022 at 7:30am
Corn is really dry this year and drying down fast. All ghe farm papers have had front page stories about how dangerous silo fires and silo gas will be this year. Terrible tragedy but like nearly all farm fatalities ir could have been avoided with a little common sense.
shameless dude wrote: