Inside Darley Podcast

 Kevin sits down with Samuel Goldberg, the producer of the film Silo, Dennis Hildebrandt VP of Turtle Plastics and Liz Demetriou President of Turtle Plastics. They discuss the prevalence of silos within the farming culture, silo accidents, training, and what can be done to reduce these disasters. Silo is a film about the danger of grain entrapment. Grain entrapment occurs when a person standing on a pile of grain becomes submerged. Most often grain entrapment occurs in silos. The grain in these silos can sometimes clump up and create a structure that supports the grain above it. When the grain is drained the clumpy structure becomes a bridge at the top of the silo, leaving an empty space in the core. When a worker disrupts this structure, it collapses. This sudden change can pull a person down surrounding them by grain. It might not seem like much but being submerged in grain is incredibly dangerous. The weight and impact of the grain can be lethal. If a person survives the initial impact, they will imme