Factory Explosion Leaves Workers Fighting For Their Lives | Critical Rescue S1 EP6 | Wonder
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- Опубликовано: 4 мар 2020
- On June 8th, 1998 the DeBruce Grain Elevator in Haysville, Kansas is preparing for the upcoming wheat harvest. Steven Stallbaumer is working at ground level, loading fertilizer in his truck, when a deafening explosion sends him running for cover.
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I lived on Sunset Ave in Haysville when this happened. I'll never forget. The explosion shook our windows and we were about 4 miles from the elevator.
This is actually one of my very first memories. My dad worked for HazMat Inc. based in Olathe KS & Wichita KS. I remember I was sitting with my dad (before he left for work again) when he got this call. I remember because his shock just made the entire car cold and he paled. Then he dropped his head and said he’d be there. Within ten minutes we returned home, left me with my mom, changed his clothes and left. He was gone for days but when he did come home I remember him being really quiet.
Now that I’m older I realize he likely saw many things he didn’t want to that day. Not necessarily for the first time either. But he always said that was the hardest part and he was lucky he usually arrived after bodies had been taken away but this time it was just insane.
Rescue workers are so brave and highly underrated by society. I don’t know many men or women willing to run into a burning building like this.
God bless all our rescue workers and my heart goes out to those still dealing with trauma or loss from this horrible accident.
You could not pay me enough to ride that thing! My terror of heights has, ironically, reached higher levels just watching that especially with no protective cage or anything!
They picked the perfect narrator for this series.
I agree
Yeah they did.🚑 👏👍
Yea it sounds like the narrator for forensic files
This is like TV time travel
Very talented.
That fireman cradle arm carrying a full grown man and walking as if he were a child was awesome.
I wish I was that strong dam
Like Supes. Should call it the Superman carry.
I thought I was the only one surprised and impressed by that, I had no idea some rescue workers were that strong just on their own, no equipment...that was super cool to see.
Honestly many things in this video surprised the heck out of me😊
I have a whole new level of respect for America's bravest. When everyone is running out of blazes, they risk their lives to save others by running into them.
yea and rescue teams make about 20 dollars an hour too! super messed ip
Amen!
Those burns must be excruciatingly painful. 🙏🙏
Amen..🙏🙏
@Riseup Fightback lol no. $15/hr in my area
The courage of these rescuers is unparalleled. Knowing they could die themselves, they put their fears aside to get these people to safety
When I saw that man ride straight up that elevator without walls I was oh hell no, not me.
Until this moment right now I did not know grain dust was flammable. I really hope the technology at these places has improved to prevent things like this from happening.
Yeah there is so much hazardous stuff out there that you wouldn’t even think of.. even wood dust can self ignite under the right conditions.. I witnessed mineral spirits drenched rags go up in smoke once. All because some goof piled them together.
Be safe out there.
You don’t really think about it but it makes a ton of sense. It’s dry, it’s oxygenated, wheat can easily catch fire like dry tall grass, also in most of the year is extremely hot. Its basically California’s desert climate in a building, and in the air. We know huge wildfires can erupt with a single explosive, a powdered version of that floating in oxygen could easily be screwed by a single spark.
@@coodoritos You know, when you're processing grain so fast that you risk it literally exploding, maybe it wasn't meant to be processed that badly.
@@Krystalmyth It has nothing to do with the speed of processing, idiot
Me either
of all the first responders...and we appreciate them all, there is no one like the FireFighters... this video is an eye opener...one way or another every single effort and piece of equipment was utilized and spectacular rescues were made... so sorry for those who died and their loved ones.
The messed up part is those firefighters and paramedics only get paid 30-45k a year
@@Blak2001 It really depends on the area, where I live paramedics make very little ($11.45 an hour) while firefighters make $17.45 an hour.
I've never agreed with any of these professions (Paramedics, Firefighters, Police, etc) being paid so LITTLE, when they do the jobs that the majority of people *can not* do (and put up with so much crud)
@@Suisfonia In Poland majority of firefighters are volunteers that are not being paid at all, but professional ones have only one 24 hour shift per each 72 hours and many of them combine it with having own businesses, consulting jobs in fire safety and so on. This is actually quite good piece of bread. But from what I have seen in documentaries in USA even fire stations would see better equipment, renovation and care... I was sad to learn that often they do not have the newest and most efficient things to work with. This is so sad. In Poland every smallest VFB usually has the newest gear and gives away older but still good ones abroad to Ukraine...
I can’t believe there aren’t shows like these anymore, I loved this and rescue 911. If anyone knows of any let me know!!
I shouldn't be alive is brilliant also
@@phillipadoran9341 true
@Jess Grma thank you!!
@Jess Grma welp thanks
Look for British equivalent sure must be some unless we more careful
After seeing the pain these men suffered and what they went through, I'm never complaining about migraines again!
Migraines are pretty bad though..
@@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975 they are but...
I've lived with migraines through out my life & they for sure don't compare to what, all those people had went through..God bless them all..🙏🙏
I know they suffered a great deal, but I am severe migraine sufferer. Migraines are my worst enemy. I become very sick. We all have our demons. I suffer migraines 3 times a week minimum, some times 7-10days in a row. My life is not enjoyable at times.
Yeah ikr I don't like migraines but it could be worse.
This devastating tragedy shows the bravery, skill and determination of everyone involved, including those critically injured men. The agony they must have been in from those 3rd degree burns is unimaginable and yet one of them still asked about his colleagues underground. The medical staff at the hospital were brilliant as well, treating those life threatening burns.
All the guys working there were in danger every single minute of their shift - the lack of any health and safety standards was shocking and shameful. I hope they've improved but with so many employers focused solely on making as much money as possible, I doubt it. Greedy, uncaring bastards.
I'm so, so sorry for the families of those that didn't survive.
Omg....an explosion so loud...it could be heard from 15 miles away! Unreal!
I remember when this happened. It was sad to know that the people who feed us and those who rescue us - were going through such a tragedy. 😮😢
Than you to the farmers and all working in the food business. A special thank you to the rescuers, recovery team, hospital...
Grains are very dangerous also as it can suck a person down suffocating anyone who falls into a grain silo. Im surprised they didn't use the military personnel to recover inside.
I live so close to this that I heard it in the basement and thought it was an earthquake. I was 19.
Wow really
A total of 7 fatalities. 10 injured. 10 un injured. The US Department of Labor have a detailed online report of the DeBruce Grain Elevator Explosion. Main cause was negligence- grain dust that could and should have been removed was not cleaned out & collected.
my aunt works for the DOL (department of labor) in a branch of OSHA (occupational safety health administration) and most accidents like this are cause by negligence such as not cleaning especially flammable materials well, breaking OSHA laws to prevent a pause in manufacturing and production, etc. such a sad sad story but many CEOs and big wigs at these companies don’t care about the lives of a lot of their workers and tragic accidents such as these are sadly not uncommon
OSHA regs are usually written in blood. Almost always they are reactive vs proactive. I worked construction for years and can attest that almost all major incidents were avoidable. I've been in excavations, in shoring, when a wall collapsed without warning. It's jarring to think that that would have buried us under several feet of dirt.
Welcome to capitalism, max profit over human safety
@@titirititiri6360 let me tell you something Chernobyl was in a communist country when that happened, so they didn't care for safety not just the workers in the plant suffered but those for miles around.
@@joshbakker7541 I believe you, however, the same and worst things happen here in USA, and was a lot worse in the early 1900s till around the 60s when regulations started taking effect also our addiction to max profits causes third world countries to exploit there people, expose them to dangerous working conditions and $10 a day wages, these are American companies that set up there factories in other countries like Mexico for example
It’s seems a no brained to me if you take care of your employees you will make more money cause happy employees are loyal employees and loyal employees make high quality products which is worth more money
For years I thought they were saying Henhouse instead of Headhouse, couldn’t figure out why they kept hens in the grain elevators. LOL 😂
riiiight? it would be filled with poo
Head house also refers to the "power heads" or motors than powered the bucket elevators or vertical movement of grain in the facility. There are usually multiple legs (bucket elevators) in each head house that dump grain into scale and garner systems or directly into distributors that direct grain elsewhere into the facility. Back in the day, grain inspectors, offices, ect. were also inside the head house. For obvious safety reasons, they largely have been moved out and into separate buildings all together.
I remember when MythBusters created a massive fireball out of sawdust & an even bigger one out of powdered coffee creamer. It isn't surprising such a flammable substance did so much damage. What a horrible thing to happen to so may people.
After seeing this it makes me have a lot of appreciation to the men and women that do this kind of work.
My grandpa was a mason, but he grew up on a farm and did agriculture work on and off his whole life until he retired. He knew very well the dangers of grain dust and prayed his children wouldn't have/want to work in the agriculture industry because of it. The DeBruce Grain Elevator disaster was everything he feared as he would tell my mom. Luckily for him, none of his children nor their spouses or grandchildren were interested in working in the industry, which he was very thankful for.
Search/rescue dogs are amazing, I have unconditional respect for them
These documentaries are realistic. The narrator are excellent!!
you're right its realistic. Only Americans and UK are this big of a failure. Only america and UK care more for money than for safety or its people.
The world laughs at you. you know that right? The only realism these shows have is showing the incompetence and the lack of safety for others.
Useless society.
Amazing how wonderful all these men look after having been burned. The first responders, pilots, nurses and doctors are truly an instrument of God
I wonder what I’d do without Wonder.
Not in a million years would have I imagined that grain dust is explosive. I'm in shock.
.it's like gasoline fumes, the particles ignite and spread very fast. You can throw a match into a bucket of grain and it will just smolder, but the dust is extremely flammable. So are the cobwebs in barns and cellars. You should see how throwing regular flour into a fire will flash.
Try to take flour and throw it on a fire, see what happen. Just a little bit, i am a cafeowner and have senn accidents with flour manny times.
Thank you for your comments! We learn amazing things every day!
lumgs2009 it is when it gets into the air.
There truly are some knowledgeable people hear today.
That's crazy. Firefighters, being on the same scene for over a month!
There is a fire academy in college Station Texas. It is one of the best in the world and train fire crews from all over the world.. They now teach this scenario.
Godbless you people in this industry laying your lives on the line for the rest of us
Up until the last two minutes, I thought Howard goin was going to be found and rescued. It was heartbreaking to realize they brought him up at the beginning of the film to foreshadow his death, not to foreshadow the saving of his life.
It amazes and shocks me that this was all done by something we use to make bread and noodles! It's just beyond imagining the scale of the disaster that can happen just working on what. I shudder to think what other jobs that I always thought were at least somewhat safe might be this deadly!🤯😰
Wonder I have to tell you I love your channel. You always have great video content. No nonsense, no ads, or bright colored banners on the screen. Just great videos. So thank you. I appreciate you.
As a firefighter EMT, I do not like burns.
I have worked in these before the dust is also contributor to cancers.
I had to work at grain mills and they did a safety orientation and they demonstrated a grain dust explosion it's insane how much more flammable than gas it's scary
I personally knew 2 men who died in a local grain elevator explosion in Lyon County Iowa several years ago. That elevator had only 3 concrete bins. The elevator in my home town has a dozen concrete and several more steel bins. I was in the scale/office building just last week. Over the past 45 years I've hauled hundreds of tractor and straight truck loads of corn and soybeans in. Thankfully no explosions yet and I pray it never happens here. Iowa farmers feed the world.
I know they didn't help, but i do love that the news crews offered their helicopters. They could have just stayed on the edge of the tragedy, only reporting, but they wanted to help the injured too.
my Uncle Bob after he left a Chicago suburbs fire department, he worked for few insurance companies as a fire inspector, he inspected grain elevators all over the US. He told me that you want the motor as far away from the grain as possible
I know this was filmed in 2003 so safety have probably changed but omg those vertical elevators! Shouldn't they have a cage or something to keep the workers safe?
some do, some don't. depends on who you work for and where.
How does that make them money? Capitalism is a curse.
No ...they don't need to!
union incompetents at its best
It’s called a man lift. The power plant where I used to work had them. Ours ran constantly and you just jumped on and off of it. It is a little unnerving the first few times you use them.
BEAUTIFUL teamwork ! ☝️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I saw the National Safety Bureau report; Management negligence ! 👎☝️
I am suprised these places don't have accidents all the time! Could they make them more dangerous,
That place is dangerous as hell
Right, Hell is more dangerous
For sure
I'm from Wichita Kansas and I've never heard this story. I thought it was very interesting. Also fun fact Wichita is home to the world's largest mural painted by one person on the side of an elevator grain building. It's beautiful so come check it out!
I'm in Wichita too and was just about to say this lol. You can see if on the west side of Interstate 135 as you go through the heart of Wichita.
Wow really
Wow I cant believe grain dust is volatile like that
Look up combustible dust explosions. USCSB has some really interesting videos on it.
I really like the voice of this person. Perfect for documentaries. I never miss a documentary filmed in his voice. Do anybody knows his name ??
Me 2 and ldk his name
His name is Jim Cissell according to IMDB! He’s been in a ton of commercials and video games too apparently
@@pyssa420 Thank you for the info. Yeah qppreciate that Thak you so much
Elevator still stands to this day and is still operational. They rebuilt pretty much everything, made the head house about 20 feet shorter, and lost about 8 rows of silos on one end and 4 on the other. They added a massive dust evacuation system and left the head house open on the sides. Still remember when this blew up. What isn't mentioned is the two chemical plants within 1/4 and 1/2 mile from the site were undamaged. My father was at work at one of the plants on that day.
All the grain dust fills the room then catches on fire. Every dust grain bursting into flame. You can only imagine how bad it was.
Basically a crude fuel-air bomb.
You know, when you're processing grain so fast that you risk it literally exploding, maybe it wasn't meant to be processed that badly.
Grain dust is just inevitable whether you process grain by hand or by machine. Especially if your grinding it to make flour. Honestly just good common sense cleaning practices are perfectly adequate to prevent dust explosions, but the key is the company actually has to do it. Oh and it's not just grain dust that can explode. So can sugar, sawdust, metal dusts powdered creamer etc.
Wait...people have to ride conveyor belts to get to their posts?!
Conveyor belts that have no safety rails or safety lines to stop them from falling hundreds of feet?!
What kind of place is that?!
Never would've guessed it was flammable, but I guess with the chemicals, and such, it makes sense. It's like everywhere you look, it's dangerous enough to kill you.
No OSHA in this part of the Country? Unbelievable1 No fire prevention or inspection permits? No fall protection requirements for employees? WTH!
I'm in love with the practical effects
Now why was there mention of hearing someone banging if there was no rescue of anyone? That really upsets me. This story really sucks. I’m crying and I can’t stop. Thank you to everyone who worked to help in the rescue and clean up. I know you did all you could for the victims who didn’t make it
wow that's the first time i hear about grain dust
Why not install temperature probes into the end of the conveyor belt shafts or directly into the bearing housing... if temperature rises monitor system alerts staff and directly shuts down system allowing for sensor to be checked. That way once heat is detected someone monitoring can't just say it's fine and keep running system it has to be checked and at minamum cooled down before it will restart. And if it heats up again it will shut down again forcing a proper repair.
if you’re saying the temp probes automatically turn the system off without human involvement, i agree. if you’re saying that staff should respond to the alert, it won’t happen because there were/are systems to prevent these accidents but negligence in cleaning properly damage these systems so badly that they become inoperable
One word. Money.
Sadly that is a common reason. ☹️
What you're saying will cost money to install just to slow down production.
That's now how capitalism works. How does this make them money? I suppose you can argue it'd be cheaper than to buy a new factory and replace workers and pay their families.
NOW you'd be reaching them. That's how capitalism works. That's ALL they care about.
The accident was negligence due to grain dust not being cleaned up and removed.
They do some places
"Built to withstand the pressure of millions of tons of concrete above..."
*lowers dog into tunnel*
I had no clue that grain was like rocket fuel
It's disturbing that humans built something that incredibly massive with the intention of having other human beings work inside it and had absolutely no way to rescue those people should an accident occur... That place is enormous! I couldn't help but think "how are they going to get people out of there if something goes wrong?"
Greed causes very big problems at times.
It's the Chernobyl of grain elevators
Yes, grain dust is flammable and straw bales can self ignite. I think strangely if they are damp.
Blessing to those that need help and safe life
Istg if that dog dies or gets hurt I'll cause a riot. He better have had a long, calm, and fulfilling life after this
One small nut can cause this mayhem disaster,just shows you the smallest insignificant thing is so important
God bless the first responders, always... 🤗🤗🙏🙏🙏
I was in Wichita a few years ago and one day we drove on a highway. I saw this giant thing and the driver said it once exploded...
What an OSHA nightmare.
Elevator work is NOT farm work. It is food processing work, more akin to injury in a meat processing plant. It is FACTORY work.
Yes, my father and grandfather worked in the farming industry for years. My uncle lost one of his arms in a PTO when he was 7 and I can't tell you how many friends of my dad were injured on farm equipment. I don't count grain elevator work to be farm work. It's not the same and as you said much more like factory work.
I remember riding the ball on 250-foot crane lifts paintings to do my entire life before they made us start wearing harnesses. We built a lot of grain elevators to and working on active ones would always make you nervous. People that have never been around this stuff or just in amazement. But the widest narrator makes these firemen sound like they're just doing the impossible, they are doing absolutely nothing compared to what the people who have to work around it for the people that build it do everyday. Trust me on that. And yes I've been a first responder for almost 30 years and have spent a lot of my life in these situations. As far as the television helicopters they don't need winter equipment. You get a long rope, you can get one the 300 ft long. And you put a body harness on the end of it. That rope is rated for 10,500 found if it is 5/8 nylon. And you raise a guy up there and you're so far above it that the prop blast does nothing he runs down and brings you a guy two-strap into the harness. You take him to the ground on the long rope and bring the empty harness back up. Staying 350 feet at least above the grain elevator at all time
Still remember hearing the explosion.
Amazing crazy I don’t remember this being national news.
Blessings
I live across the road from a grain silo here in Australia and always worry about it collapsing or worse exploding as I'm less than 100m from it. Also there's no way those elevators taking ppl up in down would be allowed these days! No safe barrier or harness work safe Australia would freak out if they saw that...
It was filmed in 2003. I had to Google after thinking that lack of safety surely can't happen in 2020
i think they need to completely redesign the grain elevator not so tall but wider and longer and they should have a built in sprinkler system
I've been waiting my whole life to say this, our way of life is making us all ill. All jobs cause stress and gives us unhealthy lifestyles. Lack of sleep and stress. There is no quality in living. Just work harder and faster for the fat cats.
But what can we do. Practically nothing
True ! Let us watch it ! ☝️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Sarita ! 💪🙏🙏
Fat cats?
Yes, I had migraines and high blood pressure all my life. Retired-gone
watched all episode
5:22 -- Cincinnati Oho 1987 I rode those damn belts to retrieve cars in a parking garage. Fortunately one of my favorite customers was one Pete Rose so his Kremer 935 was waiting for me LOL. Awesome car. We usually parked it on the first floor though because spoilers.
Thank you God for the help of this.
😱 OMG just to feed our families look what most of us go through. Bless them Lord. What a condition to work in. Smh.is this wheat the wheat we eat? And if so. Is it still healthy after how its dangerous?
Diama sparkles no, it’s very dangerous. People often spontaneously combust or explode after ingesting flour. People that run and carb load before are most likely to be severely injured because the body’s energy being released causes sparks that can ignite and kill them
@@zoomie7 They are being sarcastic :p
This is why maintenance stand downs are done for all machines
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This reminds me of when I was driving cross country, and drove through that area. It was about 10 years after that accident. I remember all the cars and trucks, driving and passing, at high speeds. It was quite a contrast, to the peaceful atmosphere, of agriculture. This story tho, seems to be about how ignorant some people can be. To put all those workers, and the structures and grain, at the mercy of just a spark. Also, I've never heard before, grain dust could do that. I wonder what other hazards that can be, in plain sight, or just out of sight?
All dust can do this. If the ratio to suspended dust pariculate in the air to oxygen is just right, it'll explode. Look up USCSB's video on the imperial sugar factory explosion. It's a pretty big issue in basically any industry with materials that off-put dust, coal, grain, sugar, ect.
Wow really
The prologue music is amazing. If I could only find the OST for this program.
Those vertical lifts! 😱
This is truly a sad day
Quality Control is 1st to go in most facilities like MFGR. Next to go is Engineering! This has been my experience in manufacturing (!993 through 2004). Just saying.
Lowest bidder just look at Boeing max
You're smart and I'm grateful you didn't get hurt or had big a problem like this one while working in facilities
7:49 As a son of a man who has been driving a truck for shy of 30 years, and grew up in an agricultural community, "trucker" refers to someone who drives a tractor/trailer.
wow thats amazing how can grain be more deadly than a real bomb???
HR must have been a nightmare here. 😆
You would those lifts would at least have safety rail
Also there are many mysteries, we don't know everything. Electricity is still a mystery. One can die slipping on a banana peel. There is also spontaneous combustion.
Anyone know how much people in these jobs are paid? Seems like it ought to be an awful lot considering how risky they are.
About 20-30k yearly
@@meganproffitt424 dollars?
@@leenevin8451 yes.
Wow is all I got right now!!!
I cannot believe jobs in the United States are still this dangerous. It's ridiculous. There need to be more regulations. Thousands and thousands of people should not be receiving life-altering injuries from the AGRICULTURE industry every year.
This was over two decades ago so things changed. But yea still a lot are dangerous
Sorry to be so ignorant. I never thought about any of this. God bless you all.. again I'm sorry for being ignorant.
Who here had any idea grain dust was volatile in ANY WAY?
Me
The irony of all of this is that grains are horrible for humans and animals alike so the workers and rescue workers risked their lives for something we shouldn't even be eating...
With a fire that large and location could a water bomber or chopper help out?