By STU ELLIS For the Herald & Review Led by a national agriculture-oriented insurance carrier, with support from a few grain companies, an initiative is under way this week to draw attention to grain bin safety. Designated as Grain Bin Safety Week, this is the first year of a formal observance. It is quite appropriate … Continue reading Make Grain Bin Safety A Priority – Grain Bin Safety Week
This Problem keeps growing. Unfortunately, NOT many people know it! Company plans to appeal verdict awarding $8 million each to families of 2 teen workers who died in accident February 08, 2014|By Jennifer Delgado, Chicago Tribune reporter MOUNT CARROLL, Ill. — — Carla Whitebread avoids driving by the grain bin where her son Wyatt died. … Continue reading Families of Grain Bin Victims Hope Lawsuit Victory Brings Change
Sidney, Illinois – A man is dead after getting trapped in a grain bin Wednesday. According to the Champaign County Coroner, 55-year-old Roy McCarty was working inside a grain bin at the Premier Cooperative Grain Elevator, when he became buried "under a large amount of corn." Firefighters from the Urbana Fire Department arrived at 301 … Continue reading Updated: Authorities Investigate Another Grain Bin Death in Sidney, Illinois on 7-18-2013
Another all too frequent grain bin accident is putting the spotlight on grain bin safety. Thiry-year-old Brandon Mullen got trapped Tuesday afternoon. His body was pulled out about an hour and a half later, when rescue crews cut holes on the side of the bin. The National Education Center for Agriculture Safety travels around the … Continue reading Grain Bin Entrapment Leads To 1 dead in Dayton, Iowa
By News Desk | October 11, 2012 Up to three million boxes of cereal have been recalled by Kellogg’s because they may contain metal fragments. The foreign material is pieces of flexible metal mesh from a faulty machine part, but the company says the chances of the material getting into anyone’s cereal bowl are very … Continue reading 3 Million Boxes of Kellogg’s Mini Wheats Recalled For Metal Fragments
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
OSHA Grain Bin Safety Fact Sheet: http://www.osha.gov/Publications/grainstorageFACTSHEET.pdf The National Corn Growers Association and the National Grain and Feed Foundation, the research and education arm of the National Grain and Feed Association, unveiled a joint video project to promote awareness about grain bin safety on the farm today. The two organizations teamed up in November to … Continue reading NCGA, NGFF Debut Joint Farm Grain Bin Safety Video
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