Oilseed and Grain Combination Farming
Industry Summary
Between 2014 and 2015, the Oilseed and Grain Combination Farming industry saw employment growth of only 1.38%. There are an average of 5 workers at each of the 3,839 establishments in the United States. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Other Grain Farming Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
On Tuesday, August 11th 2015 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in TETONIA, ID at Teton Ranch. A had been injured when the struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2015-08-11
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was repairing a riding lawn mower positioned on a jack. The jack failed while the employee was under it cutting and crushing the employee's head. The employee was transported to hospital and admitted for treatment.
OSHA investigators arrived in DALHART, TE on Thursday, June 25th 2015 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at C.A.S Farming Operations Ltd. which had occured on the same day. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2015-06-25
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was helping to attach a trailer to a pick-up truck by guiding the trailer as the driver backed up the truck. As the driver was backing up, his foot slipped off the brake, catching the employee between the truck and trailer.
OSHA investigators arrived in Sulphur Springs, TX on Tuesday, April 28th 2015 and began an accident investigation at Holt Texas, Ltd.. A 32 year old Laborer had been killed when the employee was killed from engulfment by soybeans
OSHA ID74682.015
Accident Date2015-03-04
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 2:00 p.m. on March 4, 2015 an employee was working inside of a soybean storage bin and using an air hose to loosen soybeans so that they could be loaded into semi-trailer trucks. The employee was working in the soybean storage bin with the conveying system on and soybeans were being moved out of the bin and loaded into semi-trailer trucks. The soybeans were starting to get plugged up in the bin and the PVC pipe attached to an air hose was positioned in the grain at the center of the bin. Employees pushed the PVC pipe/air hose into the grain and then pulled it out to reposition it once the soybeans started to fall. This was repeated while the soybeans were being loaded into semi-trailer trucks. Shortly after repositioning the hose and noticing the PVC pipe was no longer attached to the hose, two employees who were in the bin at the time began sinking into the soybeans. One employee became engulfed in the soybeans and died due to asphyxiation. The employees had not been trained on the hazards of grain bin entry, and both employees were not provided with adequate equipment to perform the work safely.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
3.81
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 23
300%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 4