| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-25 | Wellington | Ks | Scoular Company | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the interior portion of a grain bin when their foot was caught in an open sump pit where a drag was operating and their foot was fractured. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-08-21 | Hereford | Tx | Hereford Ethanol Partners LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was trying to break up products that were clogged in the rotary valve of a grain bin dust collector. The collector partially amputated two fingers on the employee's left hand, up to the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-07-22 | South Charleston | Oh | Sunrise Cooperative, Inc. (South Charleston Grain) | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was using a metal rod to dislodge a grain blockage from the outside of a grain bin withdraw chute. When the blockage cleared, the rod twisted down and contacted the drag conveyor below. The rod was then pushed against the chute and pinched the employee's hand resulting in amputation of the ring finger and a contusion on the middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-06-15 | Momence | Il | PRAIRIE CREEK GRAIN COMPANY, INC. | Foot (feet) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| Employees were trying to unload a grain bin. The unload holes were plugged up, so they cut a hole in the side to drain the bin. One of the employees stepped on a nearby U-trough auger and his left foot went through a part of the auger. The auger caught and lacerated his foot. | |||||
| 2021-01-02 | Scott | Ar | Bearskin Grains | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was preparing to clean the bottom of a grain bin of soy beans when his safety rope became entangled in the auger below the floor. He wrapped the rope around his wrist to try and free it and was pulled down to the floor, resulting in a broken left wrist. | |||||
| 2020-10-01 | Ottawa | Ks | The Ottawa Cooperative Association | Lower leg(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was working in a grain bin when the employee made contacted with the auger, resulting in a right leg amputation below the knee. | |||||
| 2020-01-23 | Taft | Texas | Planter's Grain Cooperative of Odem, Texas | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was cleaning the bottom of a grain bin when he stepped on the door of the auger and it became displaced. He then fell into the auger, resulting in a severe laceration and amputation of the lower left leg. | |||||
| 2020-01-10 | Mer Rouge | Louisiana | Hayes Mechanical Inc | Brain | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was standing on the ground, operating the control panel to a grain bin's slide gate. The gate came out of the slide and fell 60 feet, striking the employee in the head. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-09-19 | De Valls Bluff | Arkansas | Triton Fumigation, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee was sealing the roof vent on a grain bin (about 24 feet above the ground) for fumigation. The weld holding the employee's fall protection anchor point failed; the employee fell from the roof of the bin, suffering broken bones in the ankle, heel, and pelvis on the left side. | |||||
| 2019-09-11 | Hillsdale | Illinois | Hillsdale Elevator Company | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| On September 11, 2019, at approximately 2:30 PM, an employee lost his balance and fell off an A-frame ladder while cleaning a wall inside an empty grain bin. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to both heels. | |||||
| 2019-08-28 | Atchison | Kansas | MGP INGREDIENTS, INC. | Scalp | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was preparing to clean up grain from the outside of a grain bin using a grain vacuum. When the vacuum was started, it sucked on to the grain door. It then released suddenly as the employee pulled it off; the employee fell backwards and hit his head and back on a drag conveyor. He suffered a contusion to the back of the head. | |||||
| 2019-08-14 | Hutsonville | Illinois | Annapolis Grain Co. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Engulfment in other collapsing material |
| On August 14, 2019, a temporary employee was cleaning out a grain bin with a vacuum system. The employee was engulfed in the grain (which was about 5 feet deep) up to about chest height. He was hospitalized, suffering from breathing issues. | |||||
| 2019-06-14 | Winfield | Kansas | Valley Cooperative | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee stepped into the floor auger of a grain bin, resulting in the amputation of some toes. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2019-06-06 | Bowling Green | Ohio | Mid-Wood, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
| On June 6, 2019, a grain elevator operator was cleaning out a grain bin using a long scraper to scrape the residual grain from the edges while standing on a ladder. The ladder cannot be opened in the area due to the conveyor belt running down the middle. The employee leaned the ladder up against the wall and climbed up to perform the scraping duties. The employee's foot hit the moving conveyor causing the ladder and the employee to fall over. The employee landed on the conveyor and was dragged u | |||||
| 2019-05-27 | Montrose | Missouri | Montrose Grain and Feed INC | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning out a grain bin when their left leg was caught in the auger resulting in amputation of the lower leg. | |||||
| 2019-02-14 | Benoit | Mississippi | Kirk Satterfield, Dwayne Satterfield, Nancy Satterfield | Foot (feet) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was working inside the grain bin loading grain into a truck and stepped on the auger causing a partial amputation of the left foot. | |||||
| 2017-09-15 | Joy | Illinois | Big River Resources, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| On 9/15/2017, at approximately 3:10 p.m., two employees were in an articulating boom lift raising up along the side of a grain bin when they contacted overhead powerlines, receiving electrical shocks. | |||||
| 2017-06-20 | Canfield | Ohio | AGLAND CO-OP INC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee fell approximately 10 feet from a ladder while scraping soybeans from the wall of a grain bin, suffering fractures and neck and back injuries. | |||||
| 2017-02-27 | Reagan | Texas | Diamond S Land & Cattle | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning out the grain bin while the auger was running. The employee was caught by the auger and suffered a right leg injury that will need surgery. | |||||
| 2016-09-01 | Litchfield | Nebraska | Trotter, Inc. | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee's leg was caught in a sweep auger while cleaning out a grain bin. | |||||
| 2016-07-13 | England | Arkansas | Federal Drier and Storage Company | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was inside a grain bin sweeping down rice when his leg was caught in the operating sweep auger. He sustained severe leg wound injuries that required surgery. | |||||
| 2016-04-09 | Fredonia | North Dakota | Larson Grain Company | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning inside a grain bin when the sweep auger hit him on the leg, injuring his right leg calf muscle. | |||||
| 2015-09-16 | Toledo | Illinois | Total Grain Marketing, LLC | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working from a ladder to seal a grain bin door. The employee fell from the ladder and fractured his right foot. | |||||
| 2015-07-18 | Roseville | Illinois | CHADCO Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| On Saturday, July 18, 2015, around 9:00 a.m., an employee fell through the handrail system of an 8-feet-high platform to the ground while coming out of a grain bin during construction. He was hospitalized with a lacerated spleen. | |||||
| 2015-06-19 | Marquette | Kansas | Mid Kansas Cooperative Assn - Marquette | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee's pinky fingertip on the right hand was removed while troubleshooting a problem with the aeration system in a grain bin. | |||||
| 2015-03-09 | German Valley | Illinois | Archer Daniels Midland Company | Foot (feet) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee's foot got caught in the unload auger when he entered a grain bin to move a flexible cord. | |||||