Grain entrapment

Farm Safety is for Everyone While most on-farm deaths, such as tractor overturns and power-take-off shaft incidences, are decreasing, the number of children and adults being engulfed in grain is rising every year, reports Bill Field, Purdue University Extension safety specialist. In 2008 there were 34 grain entrapments nationwide compared to 33 in 2007. In five years, incidences increased 33%, according to Purdue University's National Grain Entrapment Database. People can become caught or trapped in grain in three different ways: The collapse of bridged (crusted) grain

How it Happens: People can become caught or trapped in grain in three different ways: 1. The collapse of bridged (crusted) grain 2. The collapse of a vertical wall of grain 3. Entrapment in flowing grain Moving or flowing grain is involved in all three, people who work with grain; loading it, unloading it and moving it from bin to bin need to know about the hazards of flowing grain and how to prevent a grain entrapment situation. Collapse of Bridged Grain