Twice in a Week
@GardenGerty (169530)
United States
March 25, 2016 8:58pm CST
Agricultural related jobs are dangerous. Farmers, ranchers, growers, harvesters and grain elevator operators and employees. They are all at risk.
Twice this week men have fallen into grain elevators and rescue crews have spent hours carefully pulling them out of the stored crop.
I saw an interview of the one rescued earlier this week and he credits being in his safety equipment for saving him. He had on a safety harness that prevented him from being sucked clear to the lower levels of the beans that were being stored. I am guessing soybeans, but it does not matter.
The second person has just been freed and is enroute to a hospital. Can you imagine the sensation of being buried alive?
I am sure many people are giving thanks for the safety of these workmen.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
26 Mar 16
We don't give our farmers enough credit for the work they do. They risk their lives to supply us with food.
I remember watching a movie or documentary where someone was trapped in a grain bin. It was horrific to watch. I couldn't imagine how it must feel to be helpless and think that your life could end at any moment if rescue efforts are not successful.
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@softbabe44 (5815)
• Vancouver, Washington
26 Mar 16
We should be thanking them for the great job they do and pray for their safety.
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Mar 16
I saw a story about one farmer getting getting caught in some equipment a few years back. What he went through was horrible. Lost a lot of blood and pretty much had to carve himself out of it.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
26 Mar 16
going to say they are lucky they survived, one can suffocate or drowned in stuff like that
@WilmaHenry54 (360)
• Stanton, Kentucky
26 Mar 16
You are so right, they risk their lives to provide food for our tables and to feed our animals. I don't think farmers get the respect they deserve.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
26 Mar 16
A couple of years ago one of the most upstanding, well known and beloved men of the farming and general community was impaled against a shed by a fork on his tractor. His wife found him.
We are experiencing such harsh times on the land with no significant rain since July 2012 that I'm thinking it must be very difficult to be 100% focused on the job at hand.
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
26 Mar 16
It is a miracle these men were saved.
It seems a very dangerous job for sure Heather.
I am so glad to hear they made it too.
That would be most horrifying to think you are going to die as such.
@jstory07 (148764)
• Roseburg, Oregon
26 Mar 16
All those jobs and many others the workers risk their lives for us. And no one is thankful at all.
