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pansypoo53219

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28. those poop pits are evil. WTF has farming come to.

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 02:26 AM

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Iowa father, son die in hog manure pit after being overcome by noxious fumes [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 OP

Iowa, you say? KamaAina Jul 2015 #1

You're a real hoot philosslayer Jul 2015 #17

. . . . .. n/t MBS Jul 2015 #18

It's known as "gallows humor" KamaAina Jul 2015 #39

Wow Telcontar Jul 2015 #30

Unfortunately this is not the first time this has happened Major Nikon Jul 2015 #2

No, this happened to two brothers on a hog operation in Iowa about 10 years ago. TwilightGardener Jul 2015 #4

3 family members died in 2012 Major Nikon Jul 2015 #8

There should be some way LiberalElite Jul 2015 #13

There's other ways to stay safe Major Nikon Jul 2015 #14

maybe they only go in with oxygen mask Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #15

Not breeding hogs is a start. nt valerief Jul 2015 #33

So...they deserved this? Rebubula Jul 2015 #35

All the pigs they kill chernabog Jul 2015 #36

When people (paid to or otherwise) put words in my mouth, they go straight to Ignored Forever! nt valerief Jul 2015 #41

NASA lost four engineers inspecting the external tank a few years ago Telcontar Jul 2015 #31

Yikes. 2naSalit Jul 2015 #3

RIP Gene and Austin Opheim Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #5

There should be some state agency that could provide A Simple Game Jul 2015 #6

OSHA had 10 hour course that includes confined space safety. Lochloosa Jul 2015 #10

Me and a buddy came real close to buying it in a pit AngryAmish Jul 2015 #29

Some of those old refrigerators used sulfur dioxide or methyl formate... hunter Jul 2015 #42

You are right on. Scruffy1 Jul 2015 #43

Any Extension program will have a class like that Recursion Jul 2015 #21

I would not jump into such a pit for a piece of equipment Trajan Jul 2015 #7

one of the dangers of factory farming. nt magical thyme Jul 2015 #9

of the many. nt restorefreedom Jul 2015 #20

This could easily be avoided chernabog Jul 2015 #11

this....nt restorefreedom Jul 2015 #19

And the methane's impact on global warming is worse than the impact of cars... Nt JudyM Jul 2015 #40

As an Iowan who grew up on farms (we were renters)-- slumcamper Jul 2015 #12

This is what happens when states shun regulations. malokvale77 Jul 2015 #16

What regulation would have prevented this? (nt) Recursion Jul 2015 #22

I don't know... malokvale77 Jul 2015 #24

I'm pretty sure nobody is "allowed" to go into methane pits today Recursion Jul 2015 #25

and the father right after. (nt) malokvale77 Jul 2015 #27

A natural and understandable response to seeing one's son go down Telcontar Jul 2015 #32

These types of accidents have been going on murielm99 Jul 2015 #23

Both my parents grew up on farms... malokvale77 Jul 2015 #26

those poop pits are evil. WTF has farming come to. pansypoo53219 Jul 2015 #28

all that free energy, gas..to bad these factory farms will not progress past the deathpit stage. Sunlei Jul 2015 #34

OSHA Enforcement Exemptions; Iowa State University Extension Courses mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 #37

From the linked article left-of-center2012 Jul 2015 #38