Labor Talk: Grain Bin Safety

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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2012
  • Grain handling and storage plays a very important role in Missouri farming. But working in grain bins can also be very dangerous. We visited with one farmer, Ron Hayes, who lost his son in a grain bin accident in 1993. Hayes started the F.I.G.H.T. Project (Families in Grief Hold Together) to share his story in hopes to educate farmers and future generations about the hazards when working with grain.

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  • @rainthebudgie4313
    @rainthebudgie4313 7 років тому +981

    I know no one cares but I got here from that pigeon video.

  • @toledojeeper2932
    @toledojeeper2932 5 років тому +209

    When I was 6 my brother who was 9 and i climbed to the top of a 6000 bushel grain bin that was half full and the grain was being removed at the time . He said we should jump in and see who hits the grain first , what we didnt know is a crust had formed creating a pocket . We got in the doorway and I chickened out but he jumped . The last thing I saw was his hand sticking out above the grain. I climbed down the ladder and ran to get help but by the time help arrived he had suffocated. I still feel some guilt to this day .
    This happened at Haas Farms in Delta ,Oh on November 4th in 1964 .
    Please , farmers be safe and keep children away from the bins .

    • @dennissinkovics8379
      @dennissinkovics8379 5 років тому +34

      toledojeeper I'm sorry for your loss.

    • @iexist8293
      @iexist8293 5 років тому +52

      It wasn’t your fault friend, at that age neither of you could be responsible for your own, let alone each other’s actions.

    • @ketaminepoptarts
      @ketaminepoptarts 5 років тому +5

      omg! im so sorry for your loss!

    • @bestbread3446
      @bestbread3446 4 роки тому +1

      damn

    • @s.mvideos703
      @s.mvideos703 4 роки тому +3

      😢😢😭😭

  • @tomlovelock2499
    @tomlovelock2499 6 років тому +120

    Anyone else end up here high, watching a pigeon get hit by a train in HD, followed by the pigeons getting swallowed by a grain silo...

    • @uhvoid8433
      @uhvoid8433 6 років тому +2

      Tom Lo high as a kite

    • @johndeer1718
      @johndeer1718 4 роки тому

      YO 😂

    • @sam4gaming135
      @sam4gaming135 3 роки тому

      Yeah I il love how how our comments are each a year apart

    • @DoomKid
      @DoomKid 3 роки тому

      Exactly

  • @Dadmarchis
    @Dadmarchis 10 місяців тому +7

    thanks John

    • @John--
      @John-- 10 місяців тому

      You're welcome.

  • @Goblin-Lord
    @Goblin-Lord 6 років тому +94

    I got curious about the grain bin scene in A Quiet Place and now I'm here lol

  • @stewartsaurus5796
    @stewartsaurus5796 6 років тому +121

    Why am I binge watching grain bin videos?

    • @robinsteendam1311
      @robinsteendam1311 5 років тому +5

      because of the blond girl in it?

    • @ALFOCORP
      @ALFOCORP 5 років тому

      @@robinsteendam1311 why are you replying to a 1 year old comment? Also the blonde girl did nothing. Also it's "isn't it"

    • @robinsteendam1311
      @robinsteendam1311 5 років тому +4

      @@ALFOCORP
      You know nothing about grain bins and therefore do not say anything here anymore.

    • @lintecassidy206
      @lintecassidy206 3 роки тому +2

      Don’t underestimate the pigeon hypnosis technique

    • @kimberlycrouch7228
      @kimberlycrouch7228 2 роки тому

      Same

  • @BadWolfSilence
    @BadWolfSilence 2 роки тому +21

    That poor man who lost his son, God bless him, my heart goes out to you.

  • @John--
    @John-- 10 місяців тому +5

    Currently watching the game with my friends

  • @gweggslist4460
    @gweggslist4460 3 роки тому +49

    Two farmers from my small home town died in two separate grain bin accidents only two months apart. Farm safety is not always taught in these smaller communities. I grew up on a farm and have been on top of piles of grain without any type of harness back in my youth. Hope this type of safety training continues to grow and safer extraction methods are developed. I'm guessing by now FFA teaches some of these safety practices but when I was growing up you were either warned by your Dad or by hearing about someone who died in a farm accident and learning from their mistakes. I've even heard of people getting killed outside the bin by the lower door and grain collapsing onto them. Now with grain bins getting larger and larger, seems like the problem is getting more common.

    • @sigsauer2557
      @sigsauer2557 2 роки тому +1

      You can teach all the farm safety you want the farmers just don't care about safety.

    • @nickhill8612
      @nickhill8612 2 роки тому

      @@sigsauer2557
      I just saw a story about an aunt and her nephew who lost their life.

  • @ChrisCoxRox77
    @ChrisCoxRox77 11 років тому +52

    I never knew of this kind of thing happening. I am glad this father is doing what is needed by educating people.

    • @masonw536
      @masonw536 Рік тому +1

      It happens… a lot.

  • @josephastier7421
    @josephastier7421 2 роки тому +19

    I nearly jumped into a small grain silo when I was about nine or so, just because it looked fun. Fortunately I decided not to at the very last moment, and instead climbed back down. It was scary just how attractive the idea had been, and how much willpower I had needed to not do it.

  • @andrewrowe8768
    @andrewrowe8768 4 роки тому +15

    in the late 70's i was in the back of a a bulk carrier directing the crane operator when he opened the hopper above my head rather than the front hopper and I was buried under 6 tons of grain i don't know how they got me out but I remember seeing the crane operator lying on the ground as my father had climbed the outside of the crane in his rage and reached in and dragged the man out of the crane window im just glad that both of us survived that day

  • @CrackedSociety
    @CrackedSociety 2 роки тому +6

    Wow that’s so scary and interesting at the same time. A person such as me who doesn’t work in this type of industry would have no idea how dangerous this job is, from silos, hazardous machinery, to pesticides and so on. I have much respect and admiration for the hard work farm workers put in and the dangers they put themselves in to keep us fed. I’m very grateful and I pray for all those who have lost their lives in this horrible way.

  • @alixena9340
    @alixena9340 10 років тому +25

    I am just starting a new job tomorrow for Harvest season. Thanks for sharing this video, it has taught me something I was unaware of.

  • @samuelberz1476
    @samuelberz1476 2 роки тому +3

    If only someone showed this video to those pigeons 😔😔

  • @thisismyusername6717
    @thisismyusername6717 2 роки тому +5

    In my town today there was a guy who got stuck in a silo, he was stuck up to his CHIN. FD spent 4-6hrs to free him. It was also about 30 degrees and had been for a few days. Luckily he was well dressed. Heavy coveralls and extra layers under. When he got down he walked like a stiff stick and had dust all over him. Ive been looking at these youtube vids since lol

  • @Automage45
    @Automage45 2 роки тому +1

    So sorry for his loss and bless you for educating people!

  • @patrick-is-so-cool
    @patrick-is-so-cool 3 роки тому +5

    Now I know what happened to those pigeons

  • @tiredpillow8436
    @tiredpillow8436 3 роки тому +6

    0:43 *when you’re in the desert in Minecraft and you accidentally mine loose sand that was covering a cave:*

    • @youwerethere
      @youwerethere 3 роки тому

      When you're making mincrift reddit jokes XD about a grain silo video because you're drunk at 5am

  • @JJE2010MO
    @JJE2010MO 6 років тому +1

    Smart information, thanks for sharing!

  • @kennethh2430
    @kennethh2430 2 роки тому +2

    Looked up the dangers associated with Silos because this article caught my attention. Very tragic news, condolences to the family. "Boy, 13, and aunt, 33, die in grain silo after she jumped in to save him."

  • @titaniumdiveknife
    @titaniumdiveknife 2 роки тому +2

    God rest Pat, and God bless Ron.

  • @cowboy_broke
    @cowboy_broke 6 років тому +3

    Great safety video. Unseen dangers are all around us.

  • @kperks3683
    @kperks3683 5 років тому +11

    2 workers Died in my town a cpl days ago they got stuck in the grain silo it's so sad

  • @RobMillerATV
    @RobMillerATV 11 років тому +2

    Great video, thanks

  • @geoffhorvath3261
    @geoffhorvath3261 5 років тому +11

    Glad her Mother's blouse is still getting use after all these years.

  • @Puppy_Puppington
    @Puppy_Puppington 2 роки тому

    This man is good man. Rarity now a days. Horrible he had to endure such a traumatic event and loss.

  • @svenbjork2415
    @svenbjork2415 8 років тому +33

    This isn't rocket science. Anyone who enters a silo should wear a harness with a rope that is attached to a bar at the top of the silo. Just like the harness and rope system people use for safety when rock climbing.

    • @TheRobertralph
      @TheRobertralph 4 роки тому +7

      Hmm, you say that.... but I can see it not being common sense for a farm visitor. OR, if the father never teaches the son because he understands it to be so..... but the son never is told explicitly.

    • @atherisGAY
      @atherisGAY Рік тому

      Of course it's not rocket science but people are very commonly underestimating dangers in their day to day lives.
      You see in the background the material to simulate the weight of having to pull up a person with the additional weight of corn/wheat/... on top.
      It's not wrong to raise and renew awareness of your day to day dangers

  • @rob8057
    @rob8057 7 років тому +55

    Why can't they build grids across the grain bin that ride on top of the grain. Even if they were made a every 6 feet the grain could pass thru but not a person.

    • @1jimjon
      @1jimjon 7 років тому +34

      Grain that sits for a while clumps together. Putting in grids would create blockages to the flow, & require someone to go in & clear them. You'd end up increasing the risk of accident rather than reducing it.

    • @nutzdeep4518
      @nutzdeep4518 6 років тому

      Great idea

    • @Rainkit
      @Rainkit 6 років тому +3

      jim jon Install it above the grain line maybe?

    • @TheMalikVideos
      @TheMalikVideos 6 років тому

      Its. Grain sinking party

    • @ChristopherFranko
      @ChristopherFranko 5 років тому +5

      Add vibrations to the grid also

  • @bjrngundersen5830
    @bjrngundersen5830 Рік тому +2

    The pigeons send their regards.

  • @Kminer007
    @Kminer007 2 роки тому +2

    60 years ago, farm hand got sucked in waist deep, no shirt, and hornets attacked him. Almost died from bee stings cause he was trapped. I still remember screaming and the other guys trying to help get him out.

    • @nickhill8612
      @nickhill8612 2 роки тому

      Wow I can't even imagine that.

  • @xoomvids
    @xoomvids 6 років тому +9

    What a horrible way to go.

  • @AhmedWafaa
    @AhmedWafaa 3 роки тому +3

    I just came here to understand what is the grain grinder mechanism , to make sure the sucked pigeons survived.

  • @PaleozoicProductions
    @PaleozoicProductions 6 років тому +1

    Is there something like this, but smaller and for sand? I would like these

  • @Falcw4
    @Falcw4 3 роки тому +2

    90 seconds is still incredibly long
    I dont want my death to last 90 seconds

  • @Whatsuppbuddies
    @Whatsuppbuddies 2 роки тому

    Hi amy great video :)

  • @theaceofspades485
    @theaceofspades485 3 місяці тому

    I am reading comments and all I was thinking was feeling bad for this man loosing his son in the way he did.
    As a father of a 6 and 7 year old boy and girl I don't know how you overcome losing them knowing they died a prolonged 90 seconds suffocating. 😢
    I have never even worked around a grain bin.
    I came here interested in how this happens.
    Instead I feel really bad for this man.

  • @cd6583
    @cd6583 2 роки тому +1

    is it really that hard to put some sort of grate thats capable of stopping people falling in but lartge enough grain can go through

  • @SopranoJessi
    @SopranoJessi 6 років тому +2

    I got here from "The Dressmaker" movie when Teddy jumps in a silo of Sorghum

  • @bigbear3505
    @bigbear3505 7 років тому +3

    the best way to provent it is put a pad lock on the door at least the kid can not go inside the silo so at least farmer worker will have a key

  • @mudlark4099
    @mudlark4099 4 місяці тому

    Do they suffocate from no air, or compression from the grain?

  • @flowinsounds
    @flowinsounds 7 років тому +7

    poor guy.

  • @chrisfoster4492
    @chrisfoster4492 5 років тому

    Just wear a harness attached to the top of the silo?

  • @aguilacoors
    @aguilacoors 10 місяців тому +1

    John Wilson brought me here.

  • @vincent.mazkett187
    @vincent.mazkett187 8 місяців тому

    I just saw the YT shorts about a boy who sinks in corn grain...and I don't think that's possible until I found this video
    we learn everyday not in school

  • @lennytheloon
    @lennytheloon 8 місяців тому

    Could they use hatch netting inside of them?

  • @donwilson
    @donwilson 10 місяців тому +3

    2:13 Hi John

  • @Laquitaboykin
    @Laquitaboykin 3 роки тому

    I'm here because of a scene in THE DRESS MAKER. I wasn't sure how the character died since he often played in the silo before.

  • @KFrost-fx7dt
    @KFrost-fx7dt 6 років тому +1

    Why are people going inside those things?

  • @arinala.h9109
    @arinala.h9109 3 роки тому +1

    The pigeon needs to watch this or otherwise...

  • @nicoleelizabeth4270
    @nicoleelizabeth4270 5 років тому +4

    my dad told me a guy fell inside this thing and they’ve been trying to get him out for 3 hours and he’s probably dead by now...

  • @totalitaer.
    @totalitaer. 10 років тому +1

    Thats grains revenge

  • @Iknowtoomuchable
    @Iknowtoomuchable 2 роки тому +2

    What if you simply ate the corn

  • @savagefishstick
    @savagefishstick 10 місяців тому +1

    I'm here because of How to with John Wilson XD

  • @mudlark4099
    @mudlark4099 4 місяці тому

    John brought me here.

  • @RedScareClair
    @RedScareClair 6 років тому +2

    Couldn't a silo be designed to have a blender type function or some kind of mixing component so people don't have to climb inside? Farming has been around for centuries. Seems like someone would have fixed this issue by now.

    • @declan7551
      @declan7551 6 років тому +1

      That would require a significant amount of power.

    • @zasvedogovore
      @zasvedogovore 4 роки тому +3

      There are vibro silos and mixing silos too. Most of vibro types are out of order and mixers are extremely expensive

  • @rushcummins8257
    @rushcummins8257 6 років тому +1

    Be safe the being sorry

  • @junlee3515
    @junlee3515 2 роки тому +1

    Im staying the hell away from grain silos

  • @brenthelm6257
    @brenthelm6257 6 років тому +3

    Wait this isn’t fallout...

  • @waynerandles6126
    @waynerandles6126 Місяць тому

    The pigeons’s went to the Great Silo in the sky 😔

  • @JohnDoe-oz9vz
    @JohnDoe-oz9vz 2 роки тому

    I was curious and watched this because of pigeons getting sucked in

  • @bobbaloobop
    @bobbaloobop Рік тому

    90 seconds probably felt like a lifetime suffocating in that grain. So sad

  • @Sir.Dollington
    @Sir.Dollington 4 роки тому

    Terrifying

  • @iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii3048
    @iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii3048 2 роки тому

    Big grate at the top should help imo

  • @SOLIDSNAKE.
    @SOLIDSNAKE. 5 місяців тому

    Grain bins look so scary

  • @SpiritualAgonz
    @SpiritualAgonz 6 років тому

    Jigsaw was inspired by this video

  • @nadiaguo4908
    @nadiaguo4908 10 місяців тому

    here from how to with john wilson.

  • @knocksensor3203
    @knocksensor3203 2 роки тому

    Like quick sand…think quick sand.

  • @coltonswindell689
    @coltonswindell689 3 роки тому +2

    So who is the pretty woman interviewing? 🧐😂

  • @va-mdrescuesystems3319
    @va-mdrescuesystems3319 6 років тому

    Rescue Equipment LLC
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  • @mbokil
    @mbokil 3 роки тому +1

    Heard they were dangerous wanted to know why. I get it.

  • @Kenlaboss.
    @Kenlaboss. 2 роки тому

    How do people fall in?!

    • @66limelight
      @66limelight 2 роки тому

      I'm a farmer with 40+ years experience in grain bins since I was a boy.
      The bins are emptied at the center of the bottom of the bin. As the corn is being taken out of the bin it creates a funnel towards the center and the corn (or other grain) actually "avalanches" into the center. Corn weighs 56 to 60 lbs per bushel (which is about 8 gallons) so imagine being surrounded up to your waist in 1000 bushels of corn.
      How do people fall in? Well the mistake they make is just being in the bin, standing in the corn while it is being taken out. If a person gets too close to the center or the low point of that funnel and he's already knee deep in the corn, his chances of getting himself out are very, very slim. Also, dry corn is very difficult to even walk across because your feet will sink almost a foot with each step.
      When I was a kid in the early 80s, our biggest bin was only 15 feet in diameter. In a small bin like that you can probably get away with being inside while the bin is being emptied, although it is still very dangerous. Today, my biggest bin is 48 feet in diameter so from the outside wall to the center there is 24 feet of "avalanching" corn and there can be as much as 2000 bushels of corn that avalanches in just a few seconds. In a 15 foot diameter bin there might only be 100 bushels. Plus, many of today's large bins empty twice as fast as they did 30 years ago, which increases the level of danger by being in the bin.
      Never ever get on top of the grain in a bin while it is being emptied.

  • @SugarbabySunny
    @SugarbabySunny 3 роки тому

    I am here after watching pigeons sucked into a grain grinder silo. Flour doesnt just contain grain and bugs I guess.

  • @123Tymathis
    @123Tymathis 5 років тому

    Why did it take him 1 year to figure that out? Wtf lol

  • @chongxina8288
    @chongxina8288 2 роки тому

    Stay way from grain bins. Taking notes. 📝

  • @AnimMouse
    @AnimMouse 3 роки тому

    Safety only when someone you love dies.

  • @KFrost-fx7dt
    @KFrost-fx7dt 3 роки тому +1

    Just hire pigeons to do the work.

  • @catfish5272
    @catfish5272 Рік тому

    I’d like to see a mouse in there

  • @postnubilaphoebus96
    @postnubilaphoebus96 5 років тому

    What's this guy's accent? To me as a German, it sounds like a stereotypical Texan accent.

  • @Jewel_Man_Kisser
    @Jewel_Man_Kisser 3 роки тому +1

    pigeon bread...

  • @jeremyknappe1128
    @jeremyknappe1128 11 місяців тому

    So that’s what happened to those pigeons

  • @brucewayne2255
    @brucewayne2255 10 місяців тому

    That gay John Wilson show made me think of this

  • @tvviewer4500
    @tvviewer4500 Рік тому

    Amy Susan is a smoke show!!

  • @acedeleon3376
    @acedeleon3376 6 місяців тому

    Screw this, just eat the corn 🌽

  • @conradkenneth5216
    @conradkenneth5216 3 роки тому

    They should make a grid over top of the grain so if someone goes in they get electrocuted and paralyzed till help arrives.

  • @zer00rdie
    @zer00rdie 2 роки тому

    It's natural selection.

  • @fluggaenkoecchicebolsen
    @fluggaenkoecchicebolsen 3 роки тому

    This guy has the most boring job in the world

  • @joejohn3709
    @joejohn3709 Рік тому

    The reporter is beautiful