Labor Talk: Grain Bin Safety

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
    @rainthebudgie43137 жыл бұрын

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

  • @progoswift2615

    @progoswift2615

    7 жыл бұрын

    Rain The Budgie same

  • @chanceaaronblack2792

    @chanceaaronblack2792

    7 жыл бұрын

    I guess they did die from that. All that pressure... dang. :(

  • @joit-yb6dw

    @joit-yb6dw

    7 жыл бұрын

    same

  • @door9520

    @door9520

    6 жыл бұрын

    I did too.

  • @trainy1795

    @trainy1795

    6 жыл бұрын

    same

  • @toledojeeper2932
    @toledojeeper29325 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    toledojeeper I'm sorry for your loss.

  • @iexist8293

    @iexist8293

    5 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    omg! im so sorry for your loss!

  • @bestbread3446

    @bestbread3446

    4 жыл бұрын

    damn

  • @rajibmastanerfolaanasmastan123

    @rajibmastanerfolaanasmastan123

    4 жыл бұрын

    😢😢😭😭

  • @tomlovelock2499
    @tomlovelock24996 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    Tom Lo high as a kite

  • @johndeer1718

    @johndeer1718

    5 жыл бұрын

    YO 😂

  • @sam4gaming135

    @sam4gaming135

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @DoomKid

    @DoomKid

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @Goblin-Lord
    @Goblin-Lord6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @amerierasmus2110

    @amerierasmus2110

    4 жыл бұрын

    I did exactly the same!!!

  • @jordanmercier3616

    @jordanmercier3616

    4 жыл бұрын

    Samesies lol

  • @gg-vb8rl

    @gg-vb8rl

    4 жыл бұрын

    Criminal minds

  • @tannersis

    @tannersis

    4 жыл бұрын

    We played in them as kids. A kid at school had his leg ripped off

  • @Savage_Alex121

    @Savage_Alex121

    4 жыл бұрын

    Theresa Fenelon oh shit

  • @BadWolfSilence
    @BadWolfSilence2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @stewartsaurus5796
    @stewartsaurus57966 жыл бұрын

    Why am I binge watching grain bin videos?

  • @robinsteendam1311

    @robinsteendam1311

    5 жыл бұрын

    because of the blond girl in it?

  • @ALFOCORP

    @ALFOCORP

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @lintecassidy206

    @lintecassidy206

    3 жыл бұрын

    Don’t underestimate the pigeon hypnosis technique

  • @kimberlycrouch7228

    @kimberlycrouch7228

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @Dadmarchis
    @Dadmarchis11 ай бұрын

    thanks John

  • @John--

    @John--

    11 ай бұрын

    You're welcome.

  • @ChrisCoxRox77
    @ChrisCoxRox7711 жыл бұрын

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

  • @masonw536

    @masonw536

    Жыл бұрын

    It happens… a lot.

  • @John--
    @John--11 ай бұрын

    Currently watching the game with my friends

  • @andrewrowe8768
    @andrewrowe87684 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @gweggslist4460
    @gweggslist44603 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nickhill8612

    @nickhill8612

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @josephastier7421
    @josephastier74212 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @CrackedSociety
    @CrackedSociety2 жыл бұрын

    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
    @alixena934011 жыл бұрын

    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
    @samuelberz14762 жыл бұрын

    If only someone showed this video to those pigeons 😔😔

  • @kennethh2430
    @kennethh24302 жыл бұрын

    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."

  • @thisismyusername6717
    @thisismyusername67172 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @alaljarensi6990

    @alaljarensi6990

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, it could have gone a lot worse.

  • @Automage45
    @Automage452 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nickhill8612

    @nickhill8612

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes and it is sad.

  • @patrick-is-so-cool
    @patrick-is-so-cool3 жыл бұрын

    Now I know what happened to those pigeons

  • @kperks3683
    @kperks36835 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheRobertralph

    @TheRobertralph

    4 жыл бұрын

    That is too bad.

  • @geoffhorvath3261
    @geoffhorvath32615 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sarajurjans3662

    @sarajurjans3662

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol!... so funny!

  • @waynerandles6126

    @waynerandles6126

    2 ай бұрын

    I think the Amish wear them 🙄

  • @Puppy_Puppington
    @Puppy_Puppington2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Kminer007
    @Kminer0072 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    Wow I can't even imagine that.

  • @JJE2010MO
    @JJE2010MO6 жыл бұрын

    Smart information, thanks for sharing!

  • @titaniumdiveknife
    @titaniumdiveknife2 жыл бұрын

    God rest Pat, and God bless Ron.

  • @cowboy_broke
    @cowboy_broke6 жыл бұрын

    Great safety video. Unseen dangers are all around us.

  • @RobMillerATV
    @RobMillerATV11 жыл бұрын

    Great video, thanks

  • @rob8057
    @rob80577 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    Great idea

  • @Rainkit

    @Rainkit

    6 жыл бұрын

    jim jon Install it above the grain line maybe?

  • @TheMalikVideos

    @TheMalikVideos

    6 жыл бұрын

    Its. Grain sinking party

  • @ChristopherFranko

    @ChristopherFranko

    5 жыл бұрын

    Add vibrations to the grid also

  • @PaleozoicProductions
    @PaleozoicProductions6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tiredpillow8436
    @tiredpillow84364 жыл бұрын

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

  • @youwerethere

    @youwerethere

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @theaceofspades485
    @theaceofspades4854 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @AhmedWafaa
    @AhmedWafaa3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @bjrngundersen5830
    @bjrngundersen5830 Жыл бұрын

    The pigeons send their regards.

  • @svenbjork2415
    @svenbjork24158 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @mudlark4099
    @mudlark40995 ай бұрын

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

  • @cd6583
    @cd65832 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @Falcw4
    @Falcw43 жыл бұрын

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

  • @lennytheloon
    @lennytheloon9 ай бұрын

    Could they use hatch netting inside of them?

  • @xoomvids
    @xoomvids6 жыл бұрын

    What a horrible way to go.

  • @chrisfoster4492
    @chrisfoster44925 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Whatsuppbuddies
    @Whatsuppbuddies2 жыл бұрын

    Hi amy great video :)

  • @KFrost-fx7dt
    @KFrost-fx7dt6 жыл бұрын

    Why are people going inside those things?

  • @SopranoJessi
    @SopranoJessi6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @micaflores363

    @micaflores363

    6 жыл бұрын

    SopranoJessi so sad

  • @vincent.mazkett187
    @vincent.mazkett1879 ай бұрын

    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

  • @aguilacoors
    @aguilacoors11 ай бұрын

    John Wilson brought me here.

  • @bigbear3505
    @bigbear35057 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @Prunetogrow
    @Prunetogrow3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @flowinsounds
    @flowinsounds7 жыл бұрын

    poor guy.

  • @donwilson
    @donwilson11 ай бұрын

    2:13 Hi John

  • @nicoleelizabeth4270
    @nicoleelizabeth42705 жыл бұрын

    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...

  • @Youtubeaccount-fc1ix

    @Youtubeaccount-fc1ix

    3 жыл бұрын

    This a year old but did he die?

  • @nicoleelizabeth4270

    @nicoleelizabeth4270

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@KZreadaccount-fc1ix yea....

  • @nicoleelizabeth4270

    @nicoleelizabeth4270

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@KZreadaccount-fc1ix it was very sad

  • @Youtubeaccount-fc1ix

    @Youtubeaccount-fc1ix

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nicoleelizabeth4270 damnnnn RIP

  • @Iknowtoomuchable
    @Iknowtoomuchable2 жыл бұрын

    What if you simply ate the corn

  • @arinala.h9109
    @arinala.h91093 жыл бұрын

    The pigeon needs to watch this or otherwise...

  • @RedScareClair
    @RedScareClair6 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    That would require a significant amount of power.

  • @zasvedogovore

    @zasvedogovore

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @rushcummins8257
    @rushcummins82576 жыл бұрын

    Be safe the being sorry

  • @mudlark4099
    @mudlark40995 ай бұрын

    John brought me here.

  • @totalitaer.
    @totalitaer.11 жыл бұрын

    Thats grains revenge

  • @savagefishstick
    @savagefishstick11 ай бұрын

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

  • @brenthelm6257
    @brenthelm62576 жыл бұрын

    Wait this isn’t fallout...

  • @Kenlaboss.
    @Kenlaboss.2 жыл бұрын

    How do people fall in?!

  • @66limelight

    @66limelight

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @junlee3515
    @junlee35152 жыл бұрын

    Im staying the hell away from grain silos

  • @bobbaloobop
    @bobbaloobop Жыл бұрын

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

  • @waynerandles6126
    @waynerandles61262 ай бұрын

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

  • @SOLIDSNAKE.
    @SOLIDSNAKE.6 ай бұрын

    Grain bins look so scary

  • @Sir.Dollington
    @Sir.Dollington4 жыл бұрын

    Terrifying

  • @JohnDoe-oz9vz
    @JohnDoe-oz9vz2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @va-mdrescuesystems3319
    @va-mdrescuesystems33196 жыл бұрын

    Rescue Equipment LLC 1 second ago Please take a look the brand new Ladder Davit Video on KZread to prevent accidents and rescue people from grain bins. Facebook - Rescue Equipment LLC

  • @iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii3048
    @iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii30482 жыл бұрын

    Big grate at the top should help imo

  • @SpiritualAgonz
    @SpiritualAgonz6 жыл бұрын

    Jigsaw was inspired by this video

  • @123Tymathis
    @123Tymathis5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @knocksensor3203
    @knocksensor32032 жыл бұрын

    Like quick sand…think quick sand.

  • @nadiaguo4908
    @nadiaguo490811 ай бұрын

    here from how to with john wilson.

  • @SugarbabySunny
    @SugarbabySunny3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @coltonswindell689
    @coltonswindell6893 жыл бұрын

    So who is the pretty woman interviewing? 🧐😂

  • @postnubilaphoebus96
    @postnubilaphoebus965 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mbokil
    @mbokil3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @AnimMouse
    @AnimMouse3 жыл бұрын

    Safety only when someone you love dies.

  • @chongxina8288
    @chongxina82882 жыл бұрын

    Stay way from grain bins. Taking notes. 📝

  • @jeremyknappe1128
    @jeremyknappe1128 Жыл бұрын

    So that’s what happened to those pigeons

  • @catfish5272
    @catfish52722 жыл бұрын

    I’d like to see a mouse in there

  • @Jewel_Man_Kisser
    @Jewel_Man_Kisser3 жыл бұрын

    pigeon bread...

  • @KFrost-fx7dt
    @KFrost-fx7dt3 жыл бұрын

    Just hire pigeons to do the work.

  • @brucewayne2255
    @brucewayne225511 ай бұрын

    That gay John Wilson show made me think of this

  • @conradkenneth5216
    @conradkenneth52163 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tvviewer4500
    @tvviewer4500 Жыл бұрын

    Amy Susan is a smoke show!!

  • @acedeleon3376
    @acedeleon33767 ай бұрын

    Screw this, just eat the corn 🌽

  • @zer00rdie
    @zer00rdie2 жыл бұрын

    It's natural selection.

  • @fluggaenkoecchicebolsen
    @fluggaenkoecchicebolsen3 жыл бұрын

    This guy has the most boring job in the world

  • @joejohn3709
    @joejohn3709 Жыл бұрын

    The reporter is beautiful