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Negligence Led to Mississippi Grain Bin Death, OSHA Finds

A South African teenage farm worker who suffocated to death after falling into a grain storage bin would still be alive had a Mississippi soybean farm followed federal workplace safety standards, inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety …

Purdue Univ.: U.S. Grain Bin Entrapments Fall to Lowest Level in Decade

Grain bin entrapments and other confined space accidents on the nation’s farms fell to their lowest level in a decade last year, a Purdue University study has found. The U.S. had 47 accidents in grain bins or other confined spaces …

New App in Illinois Aimed at Reducing Deaths in Grain Bins

A new app could help reduce the number of fatal grain bin entrapments that occur in Illinois. The Illinois Corn Marketing Board and the Grain and Feed Association of Illinois teamed up to create an app that will locate the …