'The beans went out from under my feet and sucked them down that fast,' he said. 'Then they started rolling on top of me.'
The sea of shifting soybean kernels had risen to Jay Butterfield's knees inside a tall grain bin on his Ohio farm.
Soybeans that came out of the field last November were damp, didn't dry well and weren't flowing smoothly out of an opening in the bottom of the 30-foot- tall, corrugated steel bin. Just before 4 p.m. on May 30, Butterfield scaled the ladder on the outside and climbed down into the shadowy bin with a length of plastic pipe to break up the damp clumps. He wore no harness or safety equipment. He had done the same thing without incident the previous day and on other days.
He hollered to his brother-in-law Eddie Demaree for help. By the time the first rescue squad arrived, Butterfield was buried up to his chest with his arms in the air.Despite the warnings, a couple dozen people, give or take, die from being buried in grain every year in the U.S. Butterfield's friend Charlie Groh died in a corn bin in 2013 in a neighboring township. Butterfield readily acknowledges he should have known better.
"We got them on the road immediately," said Steve Miller, the Ross Township fire chief who headed the overall rescue effort.Ross Township firefighter-paramedic Ron Stenger is a technical rescue specialist trained in helping get people out of enclosed spaces. He was the first one in. A rope was dropped that then was tied around Butterfield's arms. He was given oxygen. Rescuers sprinkled water inside to keep the dust down and lessen the risk of combustion.
Reily Township brought the key materials for rescue: panels to create a tube inside the bin. Rescuers lowered the panels inside and assembled the tube around Butterfield to keep him from being squeezed any more or buried by the beans.
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