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Arkansas: Grain Bin Safety, Rescue Training, McGehee, July 19 Jul 16, 2021
Firefighters, grain bin operators and farm workers in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi are invited to attend an upcoming grain bin safety course on Monday, July 19 at the McGehee Men’s […]
Grain Bin Safety: ‘SILO’ Highlights the Horror of Entrapment – DTN May 3, 2021
Death from grain entrapment is a tragedy by horrific suffocation. Tragically, entrapments are preventable — fewer are accidents, more are the result of an intentional decision to enter grain bins […]
Grain Bin Safety: Nationwide Awards 29 Fire Departments with Rescue Tubes Jun 28, 2018
Each year, tragedy strikes across rural America when lives are lost due to grain bin entrapments. To help lead the fight against these accidents, Nationwide, in partnership with the National Education Center […]
Grain Bin Death: You Got 2 to 3 Seconds to React – DTN Apr 16, 2018
Suffocation from grain engulfment is a risk for people working in and around grain storage facilities, both in commercial grain operations, as well as on-farm situations. A new campaign aims […]
Oklahoma’s Mobile Grain Engulfment Simulator Delivers Life Saving Training Jan 2, 2018
It is a typical day on the farm and a local farmer is rushing to get everything checked off his list when the grain stops flowing from the storage bin. […]
Grain Entrapment – Don’t Think it Can’t Happen, 10 Things to Remember – DTN Oct 27, 2017
“I’m sinking like a rock,” Grant Corley, owner of Corley Seed Co., said, as he recalled a day in 2015 when he nearly lost his life. In the moment before […]
