In Deep Shit: 3 brothers die while stuck in manure pit

[DJ_Critterus]

Well, that's a shitty way to go....

https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-brothers-die-manure-pit

3 Ohio brothers die after getting stuck in manure pit
The three brothers were fixing a manure pump

Three Ohio brothers, all in their 30s, have died after getting stuck in a manure pit on their farm, according to authorities.

Gary Wuebker, 37; Brad Wuebker, 35, and Todd Wuebker, 31, died Tuesday after being unable to escape from the manure pit and passing out from the fumes, St. Henry Fire Chief Matt Lefeld told The Associated Press.

They were fixing a manure pump when they found themselves unable to get out of the pit, Lefeld said.

A Mass for the three brothers will be held on Monday, according to N. J. Hogekamp Sons, Inc., funeral home in St. Henry.

The Wuebker brothers were members of St. Aloysius Catholic Church and the Coldwater Young Farmers. The siblings worked alongside each other and their father at GBT Wuebker Farms, LLC.

A number of local farmers expressed condolences for the Wuebker family on social media after news of the tragedy.

"Our hearts are with the Wuebker Family," wrote Mercer Landmark, Inc., a local farm. "Brad, Gary and Todd Wuebker lost their lives doing what they loved - working on the family farm. Brad and Gary were members of our team and had a work ethic like no other."

The Ohio Holstein Association said in a Wednesday Facebook post that the group's "condolences go out to the Wuebker family on the loss of their three sons, Brad, Todd, and Gary Wuebker of Mercer County."

Manure pits are common on large livestock farms and are used to store waste before it is used as fertilizer on fields. But the pits can produce dangerous gases including hydrogen sulfide, methane, carbon monoxide and ammonia.

Some of those gases can lead to headaches, dizziness, breathing trouble and deaths, according to the Ohio State University Extension.

[Rodnok1]

Can't make this shit up...

[Mike Mercury]

[sublime1996525]

What a shitty way to go.

[ZipZap]

RIP, but standard safety would be for one to stay up top.

[theandies]

I wonder if Biden will send a squad of soldiers to Europe to look for the 4th brother.

[Broken Wind]

That’s really tragic. The parents must be beside themselves with grief.

[VITE1]

[Black94lt1]

That’s not far from where I grew up, very sad

[ratflinger]

You're shitting me!


That's really ****ed up - I feel sorry for the families, but damn, no one left outside in case of emergency

[VatorMan]

How many of you seeing your brother in trouble wouldn’t rush to his aid ? All the confined space training in the world can’t keep a sibling from trying to rescue another sibling. I’d rather be alongside my brother in a casket that being the one saying I didn’t have a oxygen sensor for the space.

Story: Farm had substandard confined space training and gear. Owner/family pays the price with sons.

If I was the Father, pretty much I’d off myself.

[Rodnok1]

Truly an accident and very sad situation. Sounds like all 3 may have been in the pit at once not realizing the dangers.

[Aerovette]

I call bullshit

[BayouCountry]

Bad shit can happen on a farm. Many moons ago a cousin lost his life in a grain silo. I’m glad dad left the farm in Iowa to his brother and moved to So. Cal.

Unfortunately, it looks like some farmers haven’t taken the necessary safety steps to prevent it from happening again.

DEC 28, 2019

Curt, 47, and son Alex, 11, were working on top of the silo on a farm in Millerville last Saturday when they were overcome by fumes. Curt's brother, 49-year-old Steven, was called to the scene, and when he entered the silo in an attempt to rescue the pair, he was himself overcome by the fumes.

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota...-silo-accident

[dvarapala]

H2S is not to be ****ed with.

[Lakeside49]

Seriously Heartbreaking.