Enforcement Of Penalties Weak In Grain Bin Deaths Nearly 500 farmers and workers have suffocated in grain storage bins in the past 40 years. The worst year on record was 2010, with 26 people dying.

When a grain bin is almost empty, farmers strap on a harness and climb inside the metal silo that could be as big as a football field. The only light coming in is from the small hatch at the top ...

The Grain Weevil powered by JLI Robotics is a mobile robot that scurries across the top of the grain inside of a storage bin performing tasks that no human should ever do.

Deteriorating grain produces carbon dioxide and other gasses, which at high concentrations in a confined space could overcome a person. "Aerate the bin headspace for about 30 minutes before entering ...

From 2014 to 2023, 315 people were trapped in grain bins in the United States, and Iowa had the most in the entire country, with 55.

A worker entered the bin after seeing through an access hatch that the men had collapsed. ... Firefighters work at the scene of a fatal grain bin accident in Waverly Thursday.

CRESWELL, N.C. (WITN) - A farm worker who became trapped inside a grain bin Monday morning has been identified. Washington County Manager Curtis Potter says the body of Elith Sosa, 50, was pulled from ...