Teen farm employees drown on the job in corn grain

[coda]

One more disturbing incident of a big business operation cutting corners in safety practices and employee training that results in worker's death. This one in particular-- a 14 and 19 year old working in a grain elevator.

“None of these boys had any farming background whatsoever,” Webb said. “None of them had any idea of the danger".

http://ehssafetynews.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/drowned-in-corn-grain-bin-deaths-hit-record-feds-step-up-inspections-after-accident-that-killed-2-illinois-teens/

[Blackscare]

“None of these boys had any farming background whatsoever,” Webb said. “None of them had any idea of the danger".


well tbh I wouldn't assume corn was so got-damn deadly either, that's a pretty understandable assumption. I'll think twice about trusting grains and such from now on. Corns are grain right?

[coda]

Corn that was processed into fine grain.. ( i would assume it's something like cornmeal..)

added:

photo of corn grain
http://www.fotosearch.com/DGT119/bag0052/

photos of grain elevators/silos
http://www.pbase.com/sanoyes/elevator_west

photo of mountain of corn grain and corn elevators
http://www.pbase.com/sanoyes/image/105942130

[Johnny Kerosene]

well tbh I wouldn't assume corn was so got-damn deadly either, that's a pretty understandable assumption. I'll think twice about trusting grains and such from now on. Corns are grain right?

You should watch the movie witness. Also, that's pretty fucked up that they drowned in corn because they didn't receive the proper training and warnings.

[Rusty Shackleford]

corn silos are dangerous places. elevators too. the dust can actually be explosive and a few elevators have exploded in the past.

http://www.wichita.gov/NR/rdonlyres/8AE5591C-7DDC-481A-821F-56E1651029FD/0/grain03.jpg

[Robocommie]

Man, that's awful. I remember working on my grandfather's farm as a kid, watching the corn being loaded into big hoppers, using what was basically an Archimedes screw. When the corn had just been harvested, and the silos were really full, it'd be pretty easy to envision falling in and just getting swallowed up.

Not nearly as terrifying as the pits under the hog pens, though.

[coda]

Yes, thanks for pointing that out, Rusty Shackleford...

the other outrageous but pretty common thing to note is that 14 year old Wyatt Whitebread had been working in the grain elevator for 2 weeks and training the other employees!!!(who it appears were all pretty much teenagers with no grain experience). Alejandro Alex Pacos who died trying to save Whitebread was employed there for only 1 day!!!! Wrong.. wrong.. SO FUCKING WRONG.....

[Blackscare]

Not nearly as terrifying as the pits under the hog pens, though.
yea I'd rather drown in corn shemp than pig poop

[coda]

oh yeah, Robocommie... That too. I wonder on record how many drowning deaths via manure. I hear if you fall into that.. there is absolutely no way up and out. gotta be one of the worst ways to die... and the f'd up thing is that it is all very preventable.. and only happens because the OSHA regulations supposedly to protect workers, are very lax.

[Salyut]

oh yeah, Robocommie... That too. I wonder on record how many drowning deaths via manure. I hear if you fall into that.. there is absolutely no way up and out. gotta be one of the worst ways to die... and the f'd up thing is that it is all very preventable.. and only happens because the OSHA regulations supposedly to protect workers, are very lax.

H2S kills more then a few folks working in pig farms. Oh, and the pigs will start eating your face if you end up unconscious in the pen for whatever reason (actually happened to a dude back home).

and yes, farms are hysterically, hysterically dangerous. Augers are scary fucking machines. Oh and PTO's on tractors? If you brush them...it'll rip your arm off.

[Tablo]

Sorry to hear they died in such a way. I hope that a collective in a socialist economy would provide proper training and safe working conditions so this type of situation is an extremely rare occurrence. Farm work is dangerous and I really want these types of deaths to be minimized.