Excellent Combustible Dust Seminar - Training Video WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), the senior Democratic member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Rep. John Barrow (D-GA), and Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), the senior Democrat of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee, reintroduced legislation today to prevent workplace explosions caused by combustible industrial … Continue reading Bill to Prevent Combustible Industrial Dust Explosions Re-Introduced in the House
Category: Grain Elevators
2010 Chester, Illinois Grain Elevator Explosion Leads to $180 Million Jury Verdict
A federal jury recently awarded three workers approximately $180 million in damages for injuries sustained in a 2010 explosion at a grain elevator owned by ConAgra Foods, Inc. See Jentz v. Conagra Foods, Inc., No. 3:10-cv-00747 (S.D.I. June 1, 2012). At the one-month trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, … Continue reading 2010 Chester, Illinois Grain Elevator Explosion Leads to $180 Million Jury Verdict
Reiteration of OSHA Policy on Unguarded Sweep Augers in Grain Bins & Silo’s.
February 16, 2012 The Honorable Kristi Noem U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Representative Noem: Thank you for your November 7, 2011, letter from you and your colleagues regarding the operation of sweep augers inside grain storage structures. Your letter raised concerns about a letter of interpretation that the Occupational Safety and Health … Continue reading Reiteration of OSHA Policy on Unguarded Sweep Augers in Grain Bins & Silo’s.
OSHA Letter to Grain Storage Facility Operators Regarding Recent Rise in Grain Bin Fatalities
February 1, 2011 Dear Grain Storage Facility Operator: Last July, two teenagers (ages 14 and 19) were killed in a tragic incident involving a grain elevator in Illinois. Both young workers suffocated after being engulfed in a grain bin they had entered to help clear. A third young worker was pulled out of the storage … Continue reading OSHA Letter to Grain Storage Facility Operators Regarding Recent Rise in Grain Bin Fatalities
New Training & Safety Video for Grain Bins in Light of Rise in Fatalities in 2010 – 2011
Grain Bin Safety Safety Precautions Whenever possible, don't enter a grain bin. If you must enter the bin, as a farm owner/operator you should: Break up crusted grain from the outside of the bin with a long pole. When using a pole, check to see that it doesn't come into contact with electric lines. Wear … Continue reading New Training & Safety Video for Grain Bins in Light of Rise in Fatalities in 2010 – 2011
Grain Elevator Operators Fined $1.35 Million Following Three Deaths
There were more grain entrapments in 2010 than in any year since they started collecting data on entrapments in 1978, according to researchers at Purdue University. The U.S. Department of Labor has fined Haasbach LLC in Mount Carroll, Ill., and Hillsdale Elevator Co. in Geneseo and Annawan, Ill., following the deaths of three … Continue reading Grain Elevator Operators Fined $1.35 Million Following Three Deaths
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