Grain Entrapment

[sumdumguy]

Farm Progress Show Demo unit was described in Leader Post - some of you may have seen the demonstration at the show.

Do you really think you have time to go get pig barn mats to support your weight so you can pull some one out after they are submerged in grain and furthermore, how do you get pig barn mats into the bin. This concept of rescuing gives false hope. The message should be "Stay out of the bin- period!" Bins, augers and semis are definitely not designed for humans. They rae designed for quick unload of grain and anything else that is in it.

[Ache4Acres]

I watched the demo at FPS. Looks like about a $500,000 investment in a demo trailer. They then go through a brief entrapment up to the knees of a maniquin, and spend 10 minutes winching him out. The process to extract a person is interesting in where they place a metal capsule around the person and use a mini-auger battery powered drill to get the grain away from the person. It seems like it would be a near impossible task to actually do that complicated process inside the bin.

Agreed...stay out of bins....your chance of rescue is slim to none

[blackpowder]

How long can you hold your breath??
Bins are a confined space!! Preaching hazard assessment couldnt hurt.

[farmaholic]

It apparently isn't even about holding your breath as being crushed by the grain...not being able to breath. Like being hugged by a Boa Constrictor.

Stay out! ....not worth a life, figure something else out.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I won't go near flowing grain, or potentially crusted grain, but is there really any risk in stationary grain? Has anyone ever been swallowed by stationary grain with no crusts etc?

[sumdumguy]

Albertafarmer, Ive heard that flax is dangerous but never tried walking on it. When we were young, say 8-12 years old, our favorite game was riding in the grain truck at harvest, at all times, even at unload. We would hang on to the braces and centre chain in the trucks. Only got a licking when we lost our shoes to the grain auger. Our parents weren't concerned, can you imagine?

[wmoebis]

Albertafarmer, Ive heard that flax is dangerous but never tried walking on it. When we were young, say 8-12 years old, our favorite game was riding in the grain truck at harvest, at all times, even at unload. We would hang on to the braces and centre chain in the trucks. Only got a licking when we lost our shoes to the grain auger. Our parents weren't concerned, can you imagine?

Me too but those little 6" augers the grain wasn't flowing near as fast and endgate wasn't as open as with today's 10 - 13 " augers.