Grain bin auger accidents surge in winter months, with a 32% fatality rate. Unguarded floor openings cause most incidents.

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.

First responders in Clay City have a new tool at their disposal they hope will make area farms a little more safe. Using a $2,000 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation, the Clay City Harrison Township ...

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., ...

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 ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio analysts have predicted the global grain augers market to grow at a CAGR of more than 6% during the period 2018-2022, according to their latest market research ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- With harvest season upon us, residents in Northwest Missouri might frequently see big, silver units while driving down the highway. Grain bins are used to store ...

If a farmer falls into a bin with flowing shelled corn, wheat, oats, sunflower seeds or barley, they might sink to their knees and be unable to free themselves in the time it took to read this ...

Doug Omer was trapped for six hours. He’s pictured here holding his boots, pulled off his feet during the extraction, that were recovered as the bin emptied. On a mild summer day in mid-June, Doug ...

ST PETER, Minn. — Another Minnesota family is dealing with an unthinkable tragedy having lost their loved one in a farming accident. Tuesday night in rural Stearns County, the sheriff says 35-year-old ...

Sep. 25—WINDOM — A Windom man was severely injured Sunday, 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 legs got caught up ...

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 ...