Grain Bin Rescue

Newschannel 15's Kari Huston has the story

[@kimber5074]

What an absolutely horrific death this is. Thanks to these men who risk their lives to rescue others who are just trying to make a living.

[@DanCantSleep]

Ghislaine Maxwell was sweatin’

[@LycanWitch]

seems like there'd be a simple solution to grain bin accidents.. just simply have metal grating 2-3 feet below the top or whatever, so grain can still fall/pour through, but if someone manages to be inside when the grain flows, at least they will only be sucked down to their knees and able to escape.

[@theflyingmoustachio]

Because they need to be able to break up clumps and establish flow at any level of fulness, not just at the top of the silo. Plus breaking up clumps well enough for an auger to work is a very different task than breaking up every single little clump small enough to fall through a grate. The only way your idea would work is if there were grates at knee depth from each other all the way down the silo, and in that case it would take exponentially longer to empty the grain because you'd have to address every clump at every grate level by hand rather than break things up enough to get it flowing knowing the movement and the auger will continue to break up clumps as it empties.

[@jacobhayes9992]

Actually that not bad idea

[@ewanmccarthy7820]

At the top could they not put a grid with gaps for the grain to fit through but small enough that no one can fall through

[@giggitygoo675]

Look at this guy, a fucking engineer you are

[@smeghead666]

Guarantee farmers will remove it for impinging on their freedoms, nanny state etc.

[@laurenanderson7330]

How would that work?

[@mekhiingram85]

@@laurenanderson7330if someone falls in they can’t sink any lower than the grid. and because it holes it would have a minimal effect of the volume* of grain that can be stored. just a safety precaution.

[@laurenanderson7330]

@@mekhiingram85 the Valium of grain isn’t really relevant but it would stop people from doing the very job they climbed in to do

[@livia9184]

this is scary

[@milajamet5893]

fr

[@OutdoorsIQ]

Feels like one should attach a harness to a fixed point as you would with any working at heights job

[@user-jd6ro7of8k]

Super invention. Could it also be used for a quicksand rescue?

[@catbur1246]

I'm crying

[@Epicgye]

stop

[@anonymousclown3872]

Ok

[@cardzcardzcardz5562]

😂😂😂

[@Noname123rr]

Why farmer walking without any board and also why don't they have rope to hold on in case

[@sillygoose4515]

I’m sorry but as a farmer who gets in a grain bin when it’s on

[@victorvonsteuben1728]

You can do it 100 times with it on before you finally end up getting sucked in one day. Many of the victims have a false sense of security because theyve done it many times before.

[@Taizunx]

You can't just stop a sentence like that... continue please.

[@anonymousclown3872]

@@Taizunx can’t he suffocated in the grain bin

[@barnacleboi2595]

Yes? Continue. Its been a year, Im itching to know what you were going to say next.

[@LeifNelandDk]

@@barnacleboi2595 it *is* a complete statement. "I'm sorry, but as a farmer (I am saying) who (is stupid enough to) gets in a grain bin when it's (turned) on"

[@emilyknight3533]

Whodini even he never tackled this one."

[@cloudy4872]

so if the grain bin isn’t on, it’s safe?

[@crd7876]

No, people panicking in it will sink deeper regardless if its on and create air pockets below, the issue isnt if its flowing, that just makes it a lot worse.

[@bhuff8695]

Panic has nothing to do with it. you can walk in grain without sinking past knee depth. You should never be in a grain bin with discharge equipment running. Grain bins empty from the top down thru the center column that develops as grain flows.

[@bud7707]

Fuck that’s a scary thing to think about

[@llll7328]

Hulu brought me here

[@harrisonball3339]

Same here

[@InsertFlashyName]

Yeah that stupid ass Silo movie? Fuck it sucked

[@icevencedora8700]

Why only show 1/3rd of the actual subject?? We barely saw how you sink 🙄

[@bodybuildingABC]

the guy’s at 0:50 strategy is to eat his way out lulz

[@valdirmiranda7581]

what is the name of these confined space rescue equipment?

[@bodybuildingABC]

@@valdirmiranda7581 i am a firefighter, but we do not have this equipment in my country. so i don’t know, sorry