Tag: South Dakota

Fire Prevention Weekly Update – May 13, 2013

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Campaigns / Other Fire Prevention Efforts Campus fire safety Inspections/Code enforcement Smoke Alarms Sprinklers Wildland Fire Safety Fire safety tips and reminders Other Safety News International News Links to Fire Prevention-related news articles - Updated 05/13/2013 Campaigns/ Other Fire Safety Activities Fire department on mission to put smoke detectors in every home (Idaho) Fire agency offers … Continue reading Fire Prevention Weekly Update – May 13, 2013

Fire Prevention Weekly Update – December 11, 2012

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Campaigns / Other Fire Prevention Efforts Campus fire safety Inspections/Code enforcement Smoke Alarms Sprinklers Wildland Fire Safety Fire safety tips and reminders Other Safety News Smoke Alarm Saves Sprinkler Saves International News Links to Fire Prevention-related news articles - Updated 12/10/2012 Campaigns/ Other Fire Safety Activities Project Wildfire: A Community Approach to Surviving Wildfires Texas … Continue reading Fire Prevention Weekly Update – December 11, 2012

Two Volunteer Fire Fighters Die After an Explosion While Attempting to Extinguish a Fire in a Coal Storage Silo – South Dakota

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Executive Summary On September 15, 2011 a 20-year-old male, and a 22-year-old male, both volunteer fire fighters, were killed while attempting to extinguish a fire in a coal storage silo. After removing approximately 80 of the 100 tons of coal inside the silo, the two victims attempted to extinguish the fire by applying water through … Continue reading Two Volunteer Fire Fighters Die After an Explosion While Attempting to Extinguish a Fire in a Coal Storage Silo – South Dakota

Fire Prevention Weekly Update – September 6, 2012

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Campaigns / Other Fire Prevention Efforts Campus Fire Safety Inspections/Code enforcement Smoke Alarms Sprinklers Wildland Fire Safety Fire safety tips and reminders Other Safety News Smoke Alarm Saves Sprinkler Saves International News Links to Fire Prevention-related news articles - Updated 09/04/2012 Campaigns/ Other Fire Prevention Activities Marion Fire Department provides safety kits to kindergarteners (Iowa) … Continue reading Fire Prevention Weekly Update – September 6, 2012

OSHA Letter to Grain Storage Facility Operators Regarding Recent Rise in Grain Bin Fatalities

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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

OSHA Fines LaBolt, SD, Farmers Grain Company $95,000 for Exposing Workers to Unsafe Grain Bin Working Conditions

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The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued LaBolt Farmers Grain Company, Inc. in LaBolt, S.D., 13 citations for exposing workers to unsafe conditions at its grain handling facility where a worker was caught in a moving bin sweep auger and suffered severe injuries to his leg and arm. Proposed penalties … Continue reading OSHA Fines LaBolt, SD, Farmers Grain Company $95,000 for Exposing Workers to Unsafe Grain Bin Working Conditions

New Training & Safety Video for Grain Bins in Light of Rise in Fatalities in 2010 – 2011

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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

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    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