Above: Purdue student in grain bin rescue simulator. I recently re-watched the 2016 video entitled, “Stop, Think, & Live!” a work about grain entrapment, produced by Posey County Farm Bureau, Inc., ...

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.

HAMILTON, Mo. (KCTV) - One person is dead while another recovers from injuries sustained during a grain bin entrapment in a Kansas City hospital. The Caldwell County, Missouri, Sheriff says that on ...

Last week marked only the second time Justin Hudson and Mark Wilson have met. Hudson is a paramedic with the Centerville, Iowa, Fire Rescue, and Mark Wilson works on a local farm. “You look a little ...

WELCOME BACK. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE GILBERT FRANKLIN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT NOW HAVE SOME NEW LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT THANKS TO NATIONWIDE, BOTH ORGANIZATIONS GOT GRAIN RESCUE TUBES. THESE ...

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 ...

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 ...

TOWANDA, Ill. (WMBD) — Being trapped inside a grain bin is a real-life nightmare scenario, but with yearly training, firefighters can be better prepared if a farming disaster were to happen in their ...

WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Harvest season is here, and emergency crews in Williamsburg County received vital training aimed at grain bin entrapments. Alison Shuman, communications coordinator ...

With on-farm grain storage on the rise—and a record number of grain engulfment deaths across the nation last year—agricultural leaders in Nebraska are placing special emphasis on grain handling safety ...