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Cow manure just killed 6 workers on a dairy farm. It happens more than you’d think. (archive.is)

submitted 3 days ago by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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Original link: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/459417/dairy-farm-deaths-cow-manure-osha-colorado

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[–] limer@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 days ago

Until Congress recognizes these operations as highly dangerous workplaces and closes the agricultural industry’s labor law exemptions — and better funds OSHA — more tragedies like what took place in Colorado are inevitable.

Looks like it will not happen in my lifetime

[–] ThisGuyThat@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Shitty way to die.

[–] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Read a rolling stone article 20 odd years ago about the numerous deaths of people falling into the pig shit run off pits in Florida but a large number of them were those who went to rescue the initial person who fell in.