VOLGA, S.D. — Two people were recently killed after being trapped in a farm silo near Volga, adding to a number of grain and forage handling tragedies on farms across the region. According to a ...

In an effort to recognize farm and agricultural workers throughout the state and promote safety, Governor Kelly Armstrong has ...

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has identified the grain handling industry as extremely hazardous. Being trapped in grain is the most common type of accident that occurs.

Since 1964, Purdue University has recorded more than 800 cases of flowing grain entrapments. Many, if not most “non-fatal” incidents go unreported. The U.S. averages 15-20 documented entrapments per ...

The Burleigh County Sheriff’s Office says several people are getting phone calls that appear to be scams. The department says ...

The Howard Volunteer Fire Department was recently named the winner of the Nationwide grain bin rescue tube contest, boosting safety for agriculture across Steuben County. Steuben County Farm Bureau ...

The commercial grain industry responded to a record number of grain entrapments and deaths in 2010 with more safety videos, publications and training programs. "Have tragic incidents still happened?

The injured man was airlifted to a hospital for treatment and his current condition is unknown ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The death of a western Indiana man sucked into a grain bin has led the Indiana Department of Labor to remind workers about the hazards of working in grain-handling facilities and ...

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