Families remember two teens who died in silo accident
[The Department of Labor is currently reviewing the agricultural hazardous orders. In 2002, NIOSH recommended expanding Hazardous Order #8 to prohibit all work in silos. If this recommendation is moved forward, teen workers in agriculture under 16 would be protected from silo dangers, which include suffocation and toxic gases . If the CARE Act were to pass and HO #8 is also enacted as recommended, then you would have to be 18 to work in a silo. ] Families remember two teens who died in silo accident July 13, 2010 5:53 PM BARRY COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – New details are emerging about a tragic silo accident that killed two teens on Monday night. 17-year-old Franscisco Martinez and 18-year-old Victor Perez were inside the silo at Yankee Springs Dairy when they lost consciousness, they were pronounced dead after being taken out of the silo. Newschannel 3 spoke with family of the victims on Tuesday. The families say Frascisco Martinez had worked at the dairy for just a few months, while Victor Perez had been there for about three years. “All I can say is I miss my son,” said Victor’s father Jose Perez. “I miss my son, everywhere I look I see him.” Jose Perez says the last time he spoke to his son was Saturday night. “I told him, just be careful, […]