Colquitt, Georgia-based Cedar Head LLC is under scrutiny following a tragic incident at their grain silo, which led to the death of a 59-year-old worker in April 2023. According to a release dated ...

The death of a worker who suffocated in a Georgia grain silo could have been prevented had their employer not violated safety regulations, federal officials say. That finding results from a U.S ...

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 23 of 100,000 farm workers in the US die in farm-related incidents each year.

COLQUITT, Ga. (WALB) - The death of a worker who suffocated in a Georgia grain silo could have been prevented had their employer not violated safety regulations, federal officials say.

COLQUIT, Ga. - The death of a worker who suffocated in a Georgia grain silo could have been prevented had their employer not violated safety regulations, federal officials say. That finding ...

A farm is facing over $40,000 in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violations after a worker was suffocated to death in a grain silo in April.

Suffocation is a leading cause of death in grain silos, OSHA says. “Moving grain acts like ‘quicksand’ and can bury a worker in seconds,” according to OSHA’s page on grain handling.

In St. Landry Parish, a tragic incident resulted in the death of a Vidrine man. ... the body of 57-year-old David Fontenot was recovered from grain silo after he fell in it.

Grain silo workers face numerous hazards in the workplace and within silos, death can occur in a variety of ways, according to an Iowa State University report. Read more Woman Dead After Seniors ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — An individual was working in a grain silo Thursday when they became trapped within the tank, according to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office. The worker sank underneath the ...

Silva said workplace deaths involving silos totaled 69 in 2020, 90 in 2021 and more than 100 last year. The labor ministry did not immediately return a request for comment on the numbers provided ...

Stock image of a farm. The father and his two sons died inside the silo. Getty. Andrew Beiler, 47, and his sons, aged 14 and 19, died of asphyxiation as a result of gases in the silo, according to ...