■ 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. Other top of non-oxygen-l.m.t.ng silos. dthe 15thdoorimmediately a product of fermentation and
deaths and injuries have occurred Danger from methane gas exists in a £ r fil]ing the previous day to “ " and fatal!
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So far I have never seen a rea
sonably-sized compressed air tank
that could be taken into a silo for
the few minutes that it may be nec
essary to go in each day during
filling, so we need to educate safe
ty equipment specialists to provide
them!
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
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the national SAFE
KIDS campaign. Coun
ty groups are springing
up across Pennsylvania,
and they need our help
to prevent unreasonable
regulations from being
forced upon us by well
meaning but non-farm
regulators! JOIN UP!
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