A worker at a grain handling facility was caught in a moving bin sweep auger and suffered severe injuries to his leg and arm. Jan 06, 2012 OSHA has issued LaBolt Farmers Grain Company Inc. in LaBolt, ...
Sep. 25—WINDOM, Minn. — A Windom man was severely injured Sunday, Sept. 24, after his legs got caught in a power sweep auger of a grain bin. Travis Muller, 30, was cleaning out a grain bin when his ...
MINOT, N.D. -- A decade ago, Canadian farmer John Gehrer couldn't find a full bin alarm on the market that fit his farm's needs. So he invented one of his own. Today, he and his wife, Angelika, have ...
Thanks to a $2,000 grant, the Clay City Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Department purchased a grain bin rescue auger that will make it faster and easier to save people trapped in grain bins. Clay ...
Aug. 23—JAMESTOWN — Falls from agricultural equipment are more common than people realize and can result in serious injuries, said Angie Johnson, farm and ranch safety specialist for North Dakota ...
A man's legs were amputated at a Twin Cities hospital after they were mangled in a grain bin auger in southwestern Minnesota, officials and family said Monday. The incident occurred midafternoon ...
MAHNOMEN Minn. -- "If you get caught in a grain truck, an elevator, or a bin you start sinking right away and it's almost like quicksand," said Becker County Sheriff, Doug Krier. It's death trap, the ...
As farmers know, they have one of the most hazardous jobs in the country, and this weekend, a national television show brought that danger to life. On Saturday, the ABC show In An Instant shared the ...
Bay County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to Ittner Bean and Grain in Auburn on Tuesday after a 44-year-old employee fell into an auger and suffered a severe leg injury. The man was airlifted ...
If a farmer falls into a bin with flowing shelled corn, wheat, oats, sunflower seeds or barley, they might sink to their knees and be unable to free themselves in the time it took to read this ...
Travis Muller, 30, was cleaning out a grain bin when his legs got caught up in the power sweep auger. At approximately 3:06 p.m., Cottonwood County Dispatch received a 911 call about the incident.