Soybean Farming
Industry Summary
As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 4,557 workers employed at 936 Soybean Farming establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 35 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 5 workers. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (-100% more) the average for the Oilseed and Grain Farming Industry.
On Friday, January 20th 2012 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Schlater, MS which had occured previously at Live Oaks Planting Company, Llc. A employee working as a employee was killed on the job when the employee was killed when buried under soybeans
OSHA ID201363793
Accident Date2012-01-19
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeOn January 19, 2012, Employee #1 was working in a 60,000 bushel soybean silo. The soybeans were being removed and loaded into a tractor trailer for transport to a barge on the river. About 20,000 bushels of soybeans were left in the silo when the employee entered the top of the silo. The soybeans had stopped flowing out of the bottom of the silo. Employee #1 was using compressed air from inside of the silo and on top of the soybeans to get the soybeans flowing out of the bottom of the silo. A conveyor was operating at the bottom of the silo. The soybeans underneath the employee collapsed, and Employee #1 was buried in the soybeans. The employee died.
OSHA investigators arrived in Hollandale, MS on Tuesday, July 7th 2009 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Steele Farms which had occured on Monday, July 6th 2009. A employee had been killed when the employee was killed when run over by truck
OSHA ID201363405
Accident Date2009-07-06
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt approximately 10:50 a.m. on July 6, 2009, Employee #1 and three coworkers, in a rice field, were going to remove a new tractor whose rear wheel had come off in the mud. After picking up the tractor with a Caterpillar 320-L Excavator and a chain, they remounted the right rear wheel to the Kubota M- 9000 tractor. They exited the muddy rice field and returned their tools and the chain to the dual- axle diesel Ford F-350 service pick-up truck. After placing the chain used to li ft the tractor in the rear bed of the service truck, and closing the door to a p assenger-side tool-compartment, Employee #1 headed west on foot. He was last see n walking west along the south side of the field turn-row. Apparently, Employee #1 crossed behind the truck at a point 100 ft west of where the truck had been p arked. A coworker, mechanic and truck driver started the truck, turned on the ai r-conditioner, looked back through the rear glass, and in both outside rear-view mirrors, before backing up his diesel Ford F-350 service truck. The coworker ea sed the truck backwards at engine idle speed with the truck's back-up alarm devi ce sounding. The driver said he felt a bump and looked out the front windshield and saw Employee #1 lying on the ground across the turn-row. Employee #1 was kil led.
The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, August 1st 2019 by OSHA representitives in Pickens, AR which had occured previously at Pickens, R A & Son Company. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
0
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 31
200%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 3