Posted on 04/27/2005 11:55:42 PM PDT by kingattax
BROWNSVILLE — A 29-year-old man has died after he was buried by more than 20 feet of grain in a silo at the Port of Brownsville.
The accident happened as workers worked atop a large pile of grain, loading it onto a conveyor belt that leads to the top of a silo. Two other men were injured in the incident.
"He sank into it like quicksand," Port of Brownsville Police Chief George Gavito said of the dead man, whom he would not identify pending notification of relatives. "The other man fell in, but did not go as deep."
It took rescue workers 45 minutes to find the dead man's body, Gavito said.
According to Texas secretary of state records, Port Elevator-Brownsville is managed by Craig Elkins and owned by the Southwest Grain Co. of Edinburg. Neither Elkins nor officials from the Southwest Grains Co. could be reached for comment Tuesday, The Brownsville Herald reported in Wednesday's editions.
This is the second death at the port this month and the third death in 16 months
Prayers for this young man.
There is ZERO excuse for this type of industrial accident. Whoever managed this job should be JAILED!
Unfortunatly, it happens a lot.
I'm confused. Did he get buried in the silo somehow, or in the pile of grain that was being loaded onto the conveyor?
Why don't the guys who work atop grain, wear tethers that could be used to fish them out if they fell?
"Why don't the guys who work atop grain, wear tethers that could be used to fish them out if they fell?"
Something needs to be done. Of course no one ever thinks it will happen to them.
Supposedly, this type of accident occurs most often when taking the grain OUT of the bin...true?
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