East Troy man survives four hours trapped in grain bin
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BURLINGTON — An East Troy man survived being trapped for nearly four hours Tuesday in a grain bin until rescue workers were able to pull him free.
Phil Adsit was buried chest deep in soybeans inside the bin, one of several at the Cooperative Plus Inc. complex in Burlington.
Adsit, who is in his 60s, was clearing soybeans from a piece of machinery inside the bin with another worker when he became trapped.
Company President Brad Gjermo to the Racine Journal Times that Adsit remained in good condition and talked throughout the ordeal, Gjermo said.
The bin was about a third full at the time of the incident. About 50,000 bushels of soybeans remained in the bin when Adsit got stuck, Gjermo said. The bin can hold 150,000 bushels of grain, Gjermo said.
When an auger used to help remove the grain got stuck inside the bin, Adsit and a co-worker went inside to clear grain away from it, Gjermo said.
Burlington police said Adsit was in stable condition the entire time, and that rescue workers were able to get him oxygen early on. An emergency medical technician was in the grain bin monitoring Adsit throughout the ordeal, Koenen said.
Full story and video at www.journaltimes.com
Feb 10, 2010 at 3:26 p.m.
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That just goes to show you these people need to use a little more common sense when doing this kind of work. Always remember error on the side of caution.
Feb 10, 2010 at 11:37 a.m.
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I live in the country next to a farm. One Saturday morning we heard screaming for help from the farm. It seems a feed auger got plugged and a 22yr. old lad tried to stomp on the auger to free it up. It grabbed his foot and ripped it off just below the knee.He has a prothetic foot now but still does farm work.Farming is the top rated most dangerous job.
Feb 10, 2010 at 10:55 a.m.
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Yes, it can be. I grew up on a dairy farm in the shadow of my dad and know first hand how conscientious one has to be.
Feb 10, 2010 at 10:44 a.m.
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At least he was in there with a buddy. Farming can be a pretty dangerous profession.
Feb 10, 2010 at 10:10 a.m.
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I have the same question about this:
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Feb 10, 2010 at 9:35 a.m.
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How many people have to get stuck or die before someone figures that this is not a very smart way to go about clearing a jam, somehow someone has to figure a better way of doing this without risking life.
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