Another Grain Bin Incident

[Diggin It]

Northern Iowa farmer rescued after night trapped in grain bin​

CBS Minnesota on MSN.com|42 minutes ago
A northern Iowa farmer spent a night trapped in a grain bin before crews rescued him Friday.The farmer became trapped Thursday afternoon by grain in the bin on his farm in the Ackley-Iowa Falls area,



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[mrmikey]

How does a person get trapped, the grain working like quicksand? That would be scary as he77

 

[MossRoad]

 

[mrmikey]

Thanks MR. Without seeing that video I never would have thought that grain could be as deadly as that. It was an eye opener for sure, thanks again..............Mike

 

[cqaigy2]

Interesting video.

I didn't know that many people died in bins. Farming is dangerous. I remember in Walla Walla a classmate falling into the back of a wheat truck and passing away before they could get her out.

 

[scootr]

I've read about this - So I asked google how often this happens >
How many people died in grain bins every year?

In recent years, grain entrapments and fatalities have risen.
In 2017, 23 grain entrapments and 12 deaths were recorded; in 2018, 30 grain entrapments and 15 deaths were recorded; and in 2019, 38 grain entrapments led to 23 deaths

 

[Torvy]

Good thing Google is there.

Anyone who grew up around grain farming knows how dangerous it can be. Sometimes I wish people from the city had to live on the farm for a year so they would understand. Problem is that more farmers would probably get hurt or die trying to keep the city folk safe.

 

[scootr]

Good thing Google is there.

Anyone who grew up around grain farming knows how dangerous it can be. Sometimes I wish people from the city had to live on the farm for a year so they would understand. Problem is that more farmers would probably get hurt or die trying to keep the city folk safe.

Right but I don't think you want all them city folk taking turns living on your farm

 

[/pine]

Generally when something causes more than a few deaths a year OSHA etc...sets regulations and requires whatever safety equipment to be deployed...
I wonder what if any safety equipment is designed to prevent this type of accidents/deaths...and how many victims are/were not using said equipment...?

 

[oldnslo]

There are quite a few variables in grain bin entrapments. We used to shovel the oats around in our granary and corn in the corn crib and grain bin. We were the unloading equipment so had to get in the bins. Yes bins with fast unload will pull you under. Dad always said Flax will swallow you like quick sand. Never been around flax so no proof this is true but no reason to doubt it is.

 

[Torvy]

Dad always said Flax will swallow you like quick sand. Never been around flax so no proof this is true but no reason to doubt it is.

Dad was not wrong. Flax seed is small and slippery. They grow it quite a bit back home.

 

[oldnslo]

Torvy
Thanks for confirming that info on flax.

 

[Buzzard7]

I am asking this because I don't know. Why do you need to go inside a grain bin?

 

[MossRoad]

I am asking this because I don't know. Why do you need to go inside a grain bin?

Good question.

I know towards the end of the job of draining a grain bin, people will go in there to move the grain round the edges to get it to the auger and that's when they get caught up in the moving stuff, but that's usually when the bin is near empty.

My guess is they go in there in an attempt to clear blockages.

 

[MossRoad]

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[HighTwelve]

I think (not sure) that tractor rollovers have been the biggest killer over the years. I don’t farm but rent my fields out. Here in eastern PA the farmer that rents them still farms with four pre-ROPS tractors.

 

[panamaguy]

Not a farmer so don't know for sure but would putting on a pair of snow shoes solve this problem if you had to enter a bin they seem to work great in snow

 

[kevin37b]

The problem is they get in there with the unloading auger running . Climb in top and jump in to break up a crust . Bust that layer and you may drop several feet . UNLOAD auger is running and you buried in grain .THERE IS NO CLIMBMING OUT .

 

[panamaguy]

One of the things I did for construction companies was mount viberators on the bottom of gravel boxes. They were about the size of a iron and 12 volt and the driver could give the load a little shake to make sure everything slid out. Would something like that work on bins

 

[dodge man]

It seems like it happens here(western Illinois) every few years, sometimes a good outcome, sometimes not.