Farms: A Tragic Farm Accident: Death in the Silo | The New York Times
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The United States is producing more grain than ever, for food, feed, and commercial applications like ethanol. But as other farm work has gotten safer, gruesome grain bin accidents persist.
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sad :(
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What a primitive tractor at 30 sec.
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Wheat and barley is really scary because if you try to stand on it you will just sink to the bottom in less than a second. No way to get up and no way to breathe. Ive heard of many "drowning" accidents in wheat containers.
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Farming is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world ... numerous ways to die!
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We don't need labor laws
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the step brother of one my cousins accidently slipped and fell in to a corn silo and the corn came down and suffocated him.
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i have worked in silos a lot.u do not think about something happening until it happens
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I love how people from the cities who never worked a day on a farm know what is best. I love how the NYT picks a situation that should have never occurred do to misfeasance. I'm sure these operate were sued as they should have been. But what right do you all from NY have to tell us what is safe. I guess it's normal for "liberals" to need more regulation to feel more free. I know of lots of tragedies. 99% percent of them could have been easily avoided but so goes with car accidents, and other activities.
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as a mom I feel sorry for the lady so sad .that's any mother's night mare losing your child may he rest in peace poor kid..
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Sounds to me like not only was Tommy put in a dangerous situation, but he also may have had a learning disability. That is a bad combination for sure. His parents should have spoken to the farm owner/operator upon his first mention of going into the silo, job security be damned. It's doubtful the owner was unaware of Tommy's cognitive deficits (even farm laborers need to be able to listen to and process directions), but 18 or not, his mother should have made it clear he wasn't normal.
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Are those veal calves at 6:28?
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Poor Guy
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Please die in a fire you bolshevik libtards. All these assholes getting in the way of the producers need to be cut off from food produced by farmers. And that "Professor" old biddy is such a waste of air.
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oh yeah blame Obama. LMMAO..
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Way to go, Obama. They can never raise the issue again while you're in office? How many lives will that cost?
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NOW it gets fixed?!
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I've been driving tractor sence I was 6 years old and still do
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sad
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That woman from the University of Maryland who criticized the Obama Administration is a racist. Yeah I know, but hey that's the template since 2008.
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That's why we have bunkers.