Also make sure all machinery guards are in place, including knuckles and U-joints at both ends. Walk around tractors and wagons instead of stepping ver shafts. Also, securely fasten the silo blower to the tractor drawbar. Otherwise, the PTO could separate or vibrate the blower pipe down. Persons around the site who are not essential to the filling operation not only pose a threat to themselves, but can also increase the hazard to the machine operator by interfering with his concentration on the job.
Children often consider silo filling time as fun, and they want to climb on wagons and tractors.
Or a youngster becomes over anxious to help Dad without fully understan ing the hazards associated with the machinery. Make it a rule to allow only those persons necessary to participate in filling the silo. Finally, machinery operation is not the only type of danger associated with silo filling. Silo gases are also a threat, especially in the first 48-60 hours. If you do not have access to one, stay out of the silo.