■ l , closed-top manure pits with open- - _ jp ings into an enclosed area. It is allow the gasses to escape instead rCLTtfI tOTUfft NEVER a danger with open silos, of collecting in the partially-filled The gases that Fred Shankle silo.' (Always put a tag on the nearly succumbed to on October blower and tractor to prevent 19, and the two boys here in Lan- someone from filling without (Continued from Pago AID) . caster, were the non-flammable looking in the silo! More than . o . . .... . ov er me years, too. gasses that are HEAVIER than once farmers have restarted the fil caster County two children went We must become better educat- ®. . , - .. „„„ , ... . , . • . _■ 11 x-n ...... . .. . vKrrwii air! In Fred s case, it he had taken ine without looking in and had into a partially-filled silo to throw ed|„ gasses so that R one step up the silo chute instead SO L expensive and Ume-consum downhaylage that had been put m WHAT TO DO to PREVENT such of goin P g DOW N. he could have i„g repays as a result!) Nitroge the day before, and even though accidents avoided the tragedy, initially, nous gasses am usually yellowish the blower had beeri run for twen- First, the gas was NOTmeth- un , ess wind was blowi ajr J in hea vier concentra ty minutes with the distributor a ne gas as the captions under the up silo chute) which it was not tions brownish But fatal levels i snout m the down position, both pictures said. Methane gas is that day . However, a better could exist with no smell or visible d, ed from the same gasses hat hghter than air and escapes out the choi * e woulc f have been toJhave „ Carbon monoxide is nearly killed Fred Shankle. 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For many years full face mask apparatus have been available for the application of anhydrous ammonia on corn silage, and for mid-winter opening of capped silos where mold spores can be as extremely hazardous as gasses at filling time! It would not be very difficult for manufacturers to design a hose and tank for farm use. I have never yet heard a reasonable ex cuse for not having them available, at a rea sonable price! Each incident like the Shankle story brings us farmers closer to having regulations forced upon us, and we must respond by getting better education and by pushing for the right equipment to be made to protect our health and safety! It would also be very much a tragedy if we were not taught about biological haz ards in schools and col leges and by extension agents and farm safely specialists, so let’s help them do their job by encouraging them and by joining groups like FARM SAFETY 4 JUST KIDS, related to the national SAFE KIDS campaign. 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