Man Dies After Getting Buried Under 15-Foot Pile of Pinto Beans
- Posted on March 17, 2012 at 2:23pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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A Colorado worker suffocated and died under a pile of beans 15 feet high. (Image source: KWGN-TV)
A Colorado worker was killed Thursday when he was crushed by a pile of pinto beans more than 15 feet high and suffocated, the Denver Post reported.
Just how Raymond Segura, Jr. — who was an employee at the Kelly Bean Co. in Brush, Colo. — ended up trapped under the beans is under investigation.
Undersheriff Dave Martin told the Post Segura, 56, was working inside a storage warehouse where beans are brought in in bulk by an overhead conveyor belt.
“He somehow wound up under this mountain of beans,” Martin told the newspaper.
Local Denver station KWGN-TV reported the incident took place around 11:20 a.m. Thursday. It took 55 rescuers roughly an hour to dig him out from the pile. He was pronounced dead a short time later.
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Posted on March 18, 2012 at 10:16amSo Sad! Just a working man going to his job one day. Be sure to kiss your spouse every morning before you leave for work. Kids, too. You just never know when it will be the last memory you leave them with. Rest In Peace. (I didn’t abbrieviate that for OBVIOUS reasons) NOT funny.
Report Post »idarusskie
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:19pmmás Frijoles por favor
Report Post »jespasinthru
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:04pmYou never know when the Grim Reaper is going to reach out and grab you. I knew a man, 46 years old. He had a bad headache and left work early. Went home, went to sleep, and never woke up. They say it was an aneurism in his brain. Laugh at death if you want to, but we’re all just whistling past the graveyard.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:07amLOL ;) (My Aneurysm is in the Lower Aorta, but does not affect my funny bone)
Report Post »nitnop
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 6:45pmholy frijoles!
Report Post »TEE-PAR-TEE
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 6:24pmI couldn’t give a hill of beans about this story, I never met the guy.
Report Post »Latter.Day.Saint
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 5:10pmI have to wonder, was he apart of a union?
Report Post »ALL4FREEDOM
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:28pmOr protesting a union?
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 4:45pmSad for the man’s family & friends. Was this a workplace error? Or something more nefarious?
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 4:42pmPrayers for him and his family. On its face the story seems funny but in reality is tragic.
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 4:26pmThe story is kind of vague . He should have been harnessed if he was in a silo .
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 4:19pmI feel sorry for this poor man’s family. Their hearts are broken.
Report Post »Gourdy
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:13pmIn all of the industrial accidents that happen in the US in a given year, why is this one a headliner? It‘s almost as if it’s presented as some kind of joke because it involved the beans. I don’t find it funny at all.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:24pmBeaner joke
Report Post »nothing like getting all gassed up, and having nowhere to go…………
girlnurse
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:42pmThank-You! I think it’s sick and it brings dishonor on this poor man. God bless him. May he rest in peace.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:58pmWhat ever happened to Thinking101? If I do that… I will get hurt… so, I will do this instead! If a Piano looks like that is going to fall on my head… I do not get Drunk and return to the same place! Life is about… Risk Assessment! — Failure is about… Stupidity. A skying Death… is about a Stupid Choice! Crawling under your Desk… for protection against an Atom Bomb is Stupid… and Funny!
Report Post »Gourdy
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 4:10pmLUKERW, I ran across this recently. It’s spot on and easy to remember. I THINK you — and all of us — could benefit greatly from it:
Before you speak (or type):
T = is it true?
Report Post »H = is it helpful?
I = is it inspiring (encouraging)?
N = is it necessary?
K = is it kind?
lukerw
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 4:30pmNow… the World… and Righteousness… according to Gourdy :)
Report Post »AB5r
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 4:46pmYou mean if he previously eaten enough beans for lunch once trapped he could have just ripped one and blew himself out of the pile?
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:10pmThe only positive thing here is…it wasn’t “Bring your child to work day.”
Report Post »db321
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:21pmThis poor guy got buried in Beans – while all of America is being buried in debt – which is a much slower way to suffocate.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:04pmThe world and everthing in it is not perfect. Especially man made stuff. Awfull way to go, pray it was quick. Sad for his family.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:03pmBeans, beans, the magical fruit, the more you…
Sorry… wrong tune for this topic.
Poor guy. I sure hope Mike Rowe from “Dirty Jobs” wasn’t in there too…
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 7:03pmMy mother often accused me of trying to suffocate people – only that was after I ate beans and cornbread.
OMG
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:01pmWow all the first few statements up to mine – just shows how RETARDED all you are.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:21pmIf you pull that….Stick…out of your butt, you might actually be happier, but then again, I guess everyone else is stupid, expcept you, “The Gifted One”.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:00pmI must of hit a nerve because you responded. At least I don’t joke about someone dying like you did or imply he was illegal. Maybe you should look in the mirror and maybe you might want to pull that stick out of your arse.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 2:58pmHow horrific and God Rest his soul. My heart goes out to his family for their loss.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 2:39pmWas he an illegal?????
Report Post »RayOne
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 2:50pmOr a scene from the ‘Godfather film’.
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COFemale
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:00pmYou are disgusting. Are you a ****** (my apologies to the mentally handicapped, as I am not speaking about you), because the crap that comes out of your mouth surely proves it every time. Your ignorance knows no bounds.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 2:37pmI said “hold the beans”.
Work place accidents are the worse, you are at a place you would rather not be, “WORKING”, and you die around strangers, not loved ones.
And the worse thing about this is he was docked a half days pay for not clocking out.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 2:53pmOnly people with High IQ, such as Professors, should work in these jobs… as you must analyze future events and what will kill you… so, the remedial are not equiped to handle this task. Rather, the remedial should work only in Government… which is Institutionally Remedial. Then, the Teachers can be the Students… for they know everything! ObamaLand!!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 2:33pmSilo death… common enough!
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