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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

An 18-year-old was injured by an auger in a grain bin Friday morning, according to the Dane County Sheriff’s Office. Emergency crews were called to 4562 Highway 92 in the town of Rutland at 8:19 a.m.

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 ...

MANKATO — Michele Gran sat in front of hundreds of farmers and ag students holding up a photo. “This is not a statistic, this is our son. This is our son Landon. He was 18 years old. He would have ...

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 ...

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.