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Father, son die in manure pond
'If you step in, it sucks you in,' sheriff says

GRANGEVILLE, Calif. - A dairy worker and his 8-year-old son died in a manure pit on the farm where they lived, authorities said Tuesday. Luis Gutierrez, 27, and Luis Armando Gutierrez went to feed calves Saturday night and apparently stumbled upon the manure pit in the dark, investigators said.

[Stolen from jwz on this post.]

My political comment: Farm workers should be protected by OSHA, but they aren't. I hate to be un-funny about this, but two people DIED. The "culture of life" people would go ape-shit (pardon the pun) if someone proposed requiring safety rails and such to save lives because it would actually cost money. The truth is that all workers deserve to have safe environments with reasonable protections from dangerous machines, processes, and toxic chemicals.

(Someone pointed out that if you do the math, the wife had to have been pregnant at 12 or 13.)