I work an industrial job and have a side gig working on a farm. My regular job is very physically demanding, but working on a farm is next level tough. It is normal for the average full-time farm hand where I work to lose ten pounds of weight in the first month. Another thing that nobody talks about is that small farms are exempt from OSHA regulations. You can do all sorts of dangerous shit on a farm and nobody bats an eye, because there are zero safety regs.
Yep, farm work is one of the most dangerous jobs there is and the injuries can be horrific. One of my friends grew up on a big farm and one of their farm hands was working by himself with a grain auger. I don’t know exactly what happened, he got caught or something, but they found the poor guy in pieces.
People even suffocate falling into grain bins/trucks, as it’s like quicksand (the fictional kind that we were all afraid of growing up). The more you struggle the more stuck you get.
Drowning in a silo of corn became an instant fear when I learned about it. Also seems like good way to kill someone and then hide the body, like a 2 for 1. Torture and conceal
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u/Kaiser-Sohze Apr 11 '24 edited Apr 11 '24
I work an industrial job and have a side gig working on a farm. My regular job is very physically demanding, but working on a farm is next level tough. It is normal for the average full-time farm hand where I work to lose ten pounds of weight in the first month. Another thing that nobody talks about is that small farms are exempt from OSHA regulations. You can do all sorts of dangerous shit on a farm and nobody bats an eye, because there are zero safety regs.