JoshParkinson Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 A friend of mine was just up the road from this, and knew them both. He said the younger one of the two fell in after a gas leek, and the other one saw him fall in and jumped in after him, although neither of them made it out \ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-14172822 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractortim Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 whow that is bad news poor people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorbob Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 so sad .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 very sad my brother in law was talking with the farmer this morning ,he was overcome with fumes the last thing he remembers was telling the head cowman to get away ,but he was overcome with the fumes and died ,,they was trying to save the student but sadly he he died to from drowning they think very sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 its amazing how many slurry pits you see that are not fenced off, really sad thing to happen ,having been fully trained in confined spaces and the breathing stuff you need, it opened my eyes to what they class a confined space, and yes a open hole like that is a confined space, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 yeah, i think they should make all slurry pits under ground ones, it would save some accidents although accidents would still happen like the one i heard about last year, where a lad was scraping into a slurry pit when the brakes failed on his tractor, rolled straight in and the tractor had a cab on it so it literally just went straight down and he didn't stand a chance. I have to say i'm definately sticking to arable farming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 covering causes problems with the gasses, but sewage works are covered and vented ect for the reasons above, it stops accidents, the legal threats to the company if something does happen at those places are huge, yet on a farm in a similar position ie waste fluids area, they do not apply the same rules, covers, life saver rings 6ft plus secure fences crash barriers where traffic passes ect which is weird, it just seems to be the norm for a open hole full of slurry with nothing more than weeds and a grass bank round it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 the store on this farm was above ground slurry store , but so many gases build up in them , we fitted some new gate valves a few years ago may be one of them failed .i am sure in due time we will find out . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 That is absolutely awful. Just horrible. I remember when I was five or six ignoring my Dad telling me to come back the way I went whilst climbing over a manure heap in my wellies and waterproofs at a farm belonging to a friend of his. I wanted to splash in the puddle. ... only it wasn't a puddle, it was the edge of the pit and in I went up to my neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 That is absolutely awful. Just horrible. I remember when I was five or six ignoring my Dad telling me to come back the way I went whilst climbing over a manure heap in my wellies and waterproofs at a farm belonging to a friend of his. I wanted to splash in the puddle. ... only it wasn't a puddle, it was the edge of the pit and in I went up to my neck. Jesus Tris! Lucky you were alright though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 The worst thing was. . . .. I had a packet of Opal Fruits in my pocket :'( It was lucky and a big lesson to learn as well. These poor chaps probably knew the dangers but for the first it was an unfortunate accident and the second, he must have only been trying to help his friend. Poor sods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 The worst thing was. . . .. I had a packet of Opal Fruits in my pocket :'( It was lucky and a big lesson to learn as well. These poor chaps probably knew the dangers but for the first it was an unfortunate accident and the second, he must have only been trying to help his friend. Poor sods. When someone else is in trouble, you never think of the dangers yourself, until it's too late, i'm sure if a mate of mine fell in the river or was in danger, i wouldn't think twice about going in after him, even when it puts you in danger as well, it's just a natural reaction, and then in this case the person trying to save his friend, landed himself in just as much trouble as the person he was trying to help, life's a b*tch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
case 1056xl mad Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 when my dad was little he was running across a concrete yard but there was a slurry pit and the top was a crust so it looked like concrete and he fell in up to his neck but managed to get out its a terrible thing to heppen. on ebay a few years ago there was a ford 3000 for sale and it had a story with it, it was sitting at the top of a yard getting something done to the engine when the lad came out in the morning it was gone he thought somebody had stolen it and there was no insurance so he just had accept that it was gone but some years later they were draining the slurry pit and there was the 3000 sitting there at the bottom of the pit it had rolled away down the year at night time. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Gough Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 on ebay a few years ago there was a ford 3000 for sale and it had a story with it, it was sitting at the top of a yard getting something done to the engine when the lad came out in the morning it was gone he thought somebody had stolen it and there was no insurance so he just had accept that it was gone but some years later they were draining the slurry pit and there was the 3000 sitting there at the bottom of the pit it had rolled away down the year at night time. ;) Going off topic a bit but was that featured in classic tractor once showing the perils of buying without seeing first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
case 1056xl mad Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Going off topic a bit but was that featured in classic tractor once showing the perils of buying without seeing first? to be hounest i dont know i just remember that it was on ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 on ebay a few years ago there was a ford 3000 for sale and it had a story with it, it was sitting at the top of a yard getting something done to the engine when the lad came out in the morning it was gone he thought somebody had stolen it and there was no insurance so he just had accept that it was gone but some years later they were draining the slurry pit and there was the 3000 sitting there at the bottom of the pit it had rolled away down the year at night time. ;) That's a legendary story, definately remembering that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 That's a legendary story, definately remembering that one! funnily enough i've found one like that in the same circumstances , i was cleaning an old dissused lagoon at the end of a concrete trac with a slew & caught a fordson major with the bucket , the farmer was well surprised as his grandad had reported it mising in the early 70's ! it needed bump starting every day so left it at the top of the trac , oneday it wasn't there & was reported stolen , it'd never occured to them to look in the lagoon sad about the two farmers , all to easily done though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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