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[Kid Berwyn]

Gas exposure at Colorado dairy farm kills 6

by Alex Findijs, Tom Hall
World Socialist Web Site, 22 August, 2025

Six farm workers died in an accident at a dairy farm in Keenesburg, Colorado about 40 miles northeast of Denver. Fire crews responded at 6 p.m. local time Thursday to a “confined space rescue” at a site owned by Prospect Valley Dairy LLC. The site is comprised of a 32,500 square foot milking parlor and several barns spanning over half-a-million square feet. Authorities reportedly responded to reports of unaccounted for people within a confined space at the facility.

This is the latest in a string of industrial disasters in the United States. On August 11, an explosion at the Clairton Coke Works near Pittsburgh killed two steelworkers and injured 10; on Monday, a barge exploded in Baltimore near the Francis Scott Key bridge, which itself had collapsed in a separate incident last year. There also have been high profile deaths in the auto industry, including skilled tradesman Ronald Adams, who was crushed to death in April. A rank-and-file inquiry into Adams’ death has been launched, and a public hearing held on July 27.

In Colorado, “Crews responded and took appropriate precautions to enter the confined space to perform rescue operations,” said Southeast Weld Fire District Chief Tom Beach in a statement on Thursday. “Unfortunately, District personnel recovered six deceased individuals from the space.”

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A source later gave more details to the website Daily Herd Management, which said the following:

… the disaster began when a contractor was working on an underground manure pit at Prospect Valley Dairy. Throughout the day, workers frequented the area, and as the day concluded, a worker returned to perform additional tasks, potentially involving adjusting a valve. This action inadvertently led to the release of hydrogen sulfide, a toxic gas known for its lethality at high concentrations.

Tragically, the worker inside the pit collapsed almost instantly due to the hazardous exposure. In a desperate attempt to rescue him, five others rushed into the pit, disregarding a supervisor’s warnings not to enter the dangerous space.

Among the victims was a 17-year-old high school student from Highland High School in Ault, the son of one of the workers involved in the incident. Dairy Herd Management is told that two farm employees, along with two service representatives were among the deceased, along with two sons of one of the service representatives.

A Gofundme has been set up to help the families of the workers with funeral expenses and other items.

Source: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/23/ijgr-a23.html

Sad when the Trotskyites print more truth in one story than all of Corporate McPravda do in a week.