How utterly tragic. Power equipment are no joke. Being a farmgirl I am used to being around serious machinary and seeing other children help with big farm equipment. Adults lose limbs & other parts daily from power equipment so there are real risks no matter what. My heart aches for this family. If the marriage survives I will be shocked and I honestly would not be surprised if the father tries or succeeds in killing himself. This is just the kind of thing that can send a man over the edge.

In reverse I know of a story where it was the father who was pulled into the auger of a silo (I am pretty sure it was the silo auger and not the combine auger) and his son, who was deaf, could not hear his father yelling for him to shut it off.