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3 men die after falling into Slurry Tank

  • 15-09-2012 11:25PM
    #1
    Lord Trollington
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,451 ✭✭✭


    Reports circulating that one of the 3 men after falling into a slurry Tank in Co Down is Nevin Spence Ulster and Irish Rugby player. The other 2 are his dad and brother. What a tragedy for their family. coupled with Brian Og Maguire Fermanagh GAA player losing his life in a work place accident midweek.

    2 Tragic incidents.

    RIP


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  • #2
    Jimmyboss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 452 ✭✭Jimmyboss


    Already a thread on this.......................


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056755941


  • #3
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    An awful tragedy.

    My condolences to the bereaved.
    ____________________________________

    Why the **** has a slurry tank that is impossible to drown in not been invented? How about if the tank had criss-crossed bars that would prevent people from being submerged?


  • #4
    later12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,298 ✭✭✭✭later12


    Three members of one family; and a fourth hospitalised, I think?

    How awful.

    I've always been paranoid about slurry tanks ; shocking how one small error can cause something like this; RIP


  • #5
    John Doe1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    RIP nevin spence, great ulsterman and could have been a star for ireland :(


  • #6
    rebelccfc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭rebelccfc


    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    Bad sh1t

    Asshole.

    RIP


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  • #7
    girl in the striped socks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭girl in the striped socks


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    An awful tragedy.

    My condolences to the bereaved.
    ____________________________________

    Why the **** has a slurry tank that is impossible to drown in not been invented? How about if the tank had criss-crossed bars that would prevent people from being submerged?
    The fumes alone would be enough to kill you if the crust was broken.
    Horrible way to die.


  • #8
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    later12 wrote: »
    I've always been paranoid about slurry tanks ; shocking how one small error can cause something like this; RIP

    It seems like such a common accident and yet it still happens. Why don't they have a steel mesh over them or a lattice of bars within that would prevent people from drowning?


  • #9
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    rebelccfc wrote: »
    Asshole.

    RIP


    Unfortunate choice of words


  • #10
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    John Doe1 wrote: »
    RIP nevin spence, great ulsterman and could have been a star for ireland :(
    Three people died.


  • #11
    John Doe1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    Bad sh1t

    Idiot...


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  • #12
    John Doe1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    MagicMarker wrote: »
    Three people died.

    Yes I know, whats your point?


  • #13
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    John Doe1 wrote: »
    Yes I know, whats your point?
    My point is fairly ****ing obvious in fairness.


  • #14
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,309 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    Bad sh1t


    Its quite funny....
    I can post such a disgusting comment about someone dying (Ie wacker) and its ok. but if I dare call anyone a wanker or what ever on boards... i'd get banned.


  • #15
    John Doe1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    MagicMarker wrote: »
    My point is fairly ****ing obvious in fairness.

    Of course i care that the other family members died, its pretty implicit:rolleyes:


  • #16
    Wee Willy Harris
    Site Banned Posts: 563 ✭✭✭Wee Willy Harris


    Horrible. RIP..

    question: do people in such instances die of drowning or more the sheer overwhelming pungentness of it all?


  • #17
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    Its quite funny....
    I can post such a disgusting comment about someone dying (Ie wacker) and its ok. but if I dare call anyone a wanker or what ever on boards... i'd get banned.

    In other words, you want to offend me but dont want to get banned for it


  • #18
    Tom_Cruise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 734 ✭✭✭Tom_Cruise


    Isn't there anyway way to minimize the risk of this happening? Its not the first incident.


  • #19
    christ on a bike!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 476 ✭✭christ on a bike!


    Always warned of the danger as a kid, the fumes would kill you instantly when you went in.
    They would definitely knock you out, at least the chaos didn't suffer. Very sad, RIP


  • #20
    Aidric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,598 ✭✭✭✭Aidric


    RIP

    How do 3 people fall in to a slurry tank? Often hear of 1 person slipping in but 3..


  • #21
    christ on a bike!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 476 ✭✭christ on a bike!


    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    Bad sh1t

    The difference is, to me at least, it is probably that friends or family will read this - so not too nice
    That said I am all for laughs at a funeral, bt between friends


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  • #22
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    Yea its true. Heard it from one of their neighbours. His sister is being treated for fume inhalation but is well.


  • #23
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    MagicMarker wrote: »
    Three people died.

    People might feel as if they know Nevin from rugby though and know how bright his future would have been so its a bit more personal regards to him perhaps while still not showing any disrespect to his brother and father.


  • #24
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    Aidric wrote: »
    RIP

    How do 3 people fall in to a slurry tank? Often hear of 1 person slipping in but 3..

    From what I heard one brother fell in and another brother went in after him. The father jumped in to try and save the two sons. One brother came around but died later.


  • #25
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,309 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    In other words, you want to offend me but dont want to get banned for it


    Oh i was making an example about how boards have some fucked up rules.

    But being honest, I'd have no issue offending you too ;)


  • #26
    P_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Aidric wrote: »
    RIP

    How do 3 people fall in to a slurry tank? Often hear of 1 person slipping in but 3..

    Probably one fell in and the other 2 fell in trying to pull the 1st out.

    Tragic


  • #27
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,638 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    What an absolutely horrible tragedy. That's so sad.


  • #28
    christ on a bike!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 476 ✭✭christ on a bike!


    Wow, it's on Wiki already (dont have huge knowledge on rugby so wiki'd it)


  • #29
    delta_bravo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,571 ✭✭✭delta_bravo


    Aidric wrote: »
    RIP

    How do 3 people fall in to a slurry tank? Often hear of 1 person slipping in but 3..

    Well if you saw your family member fall in you're not going to just stare at them. Probably one fell in and others went to try and save the person.

    The methane would be very noxious


  • #30
    Queen-Mise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,461 ✭✭✭Queen-Mise


    Wee Willy Harris wrote: »
    Horrible. RIP..

    question: do people in such instances die of drowning or more the sheer overwhelming pungentness of it all?

    +1 on this. I have heard of so many death connected with slurry tanks but I don't know why they are so dangerous.

    It is a horrific tragedy. Are they any confirmed reports of who has died?


    EDIT: Talk about fcuking irony...

    http://www.independent.ie/farming/theres-no-place-to-hide-from-dangerous-slurry-gases-173191.html
    DURING agitation of slurry, there is no such thing as a safe place anywhere in the vicinity of the tank.
    Last year, research was carried out into this issue by the Northern Ireland Research Institute at Hillsborough and Teagasc Grange, commissioned by the Health and Safety Executive of Northern Ireland and the Health and Safety Authority of Ireland. The results are reported in the May/June issue of the Teagasc magazine Today's Farm.

    ...

    Slurry gases have the potential to kill in seconds. Evacuation of buildings and ventilation by air movement before agitating are crucial, say the researchers.

    Never enter a slurry tank or any confined space where there is even the smallest quantity of organic material. Fermentation can produce slurry gases such as hydrogen sulphide, carbon dioxide, methane, ammonia or a range of other gases. Most of these gases are heavier than air and exclude oxygen.

    Suffocation or poisoning can occur in an instant. Rescue is not possible as a full set of breathing apparatus is needed to make an attempt.


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  • #31
    stop animal cruelty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,012 ✭✭✭stop animal cruelty


    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    Bad sh1t

    Bollix.

    What a terrible tragic accident :( thoughts & prayers with the family. RIP.


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