How to save someone in a grain silo

How firefighters and rescue teams save persons stuck in a grain silo, grain bin safety device #inventions #technology

[muffinconsumer]

ALWAYS wear a harness and safety line in silos. Don’t turn our rescues into body recoveries

[lisalynnn]

The only time my grandfather yelled at me in anger was when my little brother and I were playing on top of the silo. We knew better, but I never really considered the danger until he had tears in his eyes after he got us down. He wasn't an emotional man. However, the thought of us dying that way gutted him, and we never broke that rule again.

[chatic_neutral_system]

As a ex-farm kid. Do not fuck around in grain silos. They can cause grain fires super easy just from the friction of grain falling on itself and producing heat. As soon as you are buried up to your chest there isn’t enough room for your lungs to expand because of how heavy the grain is. Do not struggle just call for help, it’s like quicksand but much worse. Always wear harnesses. Always tell people if you are going into a silo to watch out for you.

[rick]

I grew up in farming area in Illinois and sadly have know several people who didn't make it from grain bins and it's a sad day.

[dianaschafer]

It is bittersweet watching this video. I lost a very dear friend years ago to a grain bin accident. I still get tears remembering that horrible day.

[scythegaming]

As someone who didnt grew up around silos....new fear unlocked

[seb]

It’s genuinely fucking wild how common deaths are from grain silos

[icephoenix]

This is one of those deaths that “seem so ridiculous” but is sadly very dangerous and lots of people are probably mocking the deaths

[squishyushi]

My dad almost died in a grain silo as a teen, he said his lungs never worked the same and he’ll never go in one again

[GramGramAnimations]

This hurts to see. The first person I knew my age that died passed in a grain silo on his family’s farm. He was a senior in high school at the time. One of the nicest guys from a small town

[melissaphillips]

My nephew was trapped in a grain silo along with his co-worker. My nephew managed to get out but his friend did not. His last words to my nephew were " tell my wife I love her". My nephew now has nightmares about how he could not save his friend and coworker.

[DustinHansen-iv]

I've been stuck with a coworker in this situation and thank God for the rescue teams we lived.

[BlueRazor]

My dad grew up in rural NJ. A kid fell in a grain silo and drowned when they were in high school.
It’s no joke

[donlavender]

One of my wife’s cousins disobeyed his parents and played on the grain bin. This was many years ago. He fell in and the grain swallowed him. He suffocated. His parents later couldn’t find him. They eventually remembered warning him to stay off the grain bin.
They angered the grain out filling wagons. They to their horror found his body. This account was shared by family members for years.
This boy was their only son.
His parents were never ever the same. They stayed with us for several days years ago. They are both gone now.

[jimmytrex]

Here in Alberta, the farm safety demonstration taught us a lot of things, like “one seat one rider” (which we mostly ignored) but we NEVER ignored the grain silo one. That shit looked scary af.

[JChan-ruhf]

I grew up on a farm. It never failed- every year someone fell in and died. So traumatic at school when you’d hear the principals heels and someone crying in the hallway… you just always said a quick prayer that it wasn’t your dad. Sometimes the corn creates a hard fermented top. People think they can walk on it and then fall through.

[Cramblit]

It's incredible how dangerous grain silos are.. from fire hazards, to acting like quick sand, and even explosive potential.

[richardm]

The one time I went into a grain bin, I had to be attached to a harness that was attached to a safety line that went up to a servo. The farmer measured from my boots to my knees, I asked him why and he said that if I sank further than that the servo would automatically pull me out. Cool trick. The grain bin was empty, I was resealing the concrete pad after the steel floor was pulled out. His insurance made everyone wear the safety line attached to the servo with the proper measurement dialed in even when the bin was not in service.

[slurpeegood]

My fear of quicksand has been reegnighted

[JoJoDaClown]

Many people watching this have no association with farming and silos. I was in 2nd grade when my best friend died exactly due to this situation. It was a mind numbing experience that event to this day I recall and hate thinking about. This short made me recall the distress and confusion I had at the time, and amplified the wonder that I happened of what he experienced. He was the nicest kid I'd ever met, and the fact that I was a kid moving district to district every year, I can confidently say the world is worse off without him.