Grain bin auger accidents surge in winter months, with a 32% fatality rate. Unguarded floor openings cause most incidents.

Sep. 25—WINDOM — A Windom man was severely injured Sunday, 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 legs got caught up ...

Recent high-profile accidents have put a regulatory spotlight on grain elevators. There have been 89 fatalities reported to OSHA involving grain elevators nationwide since 2009, including 40 ...

ST PETER, Minn. — Another Minnesota family is dealing with an unthinkable tragedy having lost their loved one in a farming accident. Tuesday night in rural Stearns County, the sheriff says 35-year-old ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --After her son was killed in a farm accident, a Minnesota mother is doing what she can to make sure another family doesn't experience a similar loss. Last month, 18-year-old Landon ...

FARGO, N.D. -- Grain elevator operators are operating in a gray area by using automated bin sweeps, which are common in the industry, according to an expert on employee safety law. The issue has been ...

It’s been described as being caught in quicksand and it happens just as quickly. Five seconds. That is how quickly a worker can become engulfed in flowing grain and be unable to get out. Sixty seconds ...

A 19-year-old rural Lynnville man died in a farming accident Friday, the Mahaska County Sheriff's office said. Benjamin Raymond Van Wyk became entangled in a sweep auger inside a grain bin in the 1400 ...

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.