Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 48,116 workers employed at 4,035 Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 172 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 12 workers. On average over the last five years, the Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (26% more) than the broader Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers Industry

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The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, January 2nd 2018 by OSHA representitives in Wichita, KS which had occured previously at Gavilon Grain, Llc. A 32 year old had been killed when the two employees entered a grain bin to clean and both were kil

OSHA ID101849.015

Accident Date2018-01-02

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 2:20 p.m. on January 2, 2018, two employees entered a grain bin. The employees were engulfed and asphyxiated.

The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, January 2nd 2018 by OSHA representitives in Wichita, KS which had occured previously at Gavilon Grain, Llc. A 28 year old man working as a was killed on the job when the two employees entered a grain bin to clean and both were kil

OSHA ID101849.015

Accident Date2018-01-02

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 2:20 p.m. on January 2, 2018, two employees entered a grain bin. The employees were engulfed and asphyxiated.

The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, December 20th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Chino, CA which had occured previously at Trinidad Benham Corporation. A 42 year old Machine operator had been injured when the employee amputated fingertip when she reaches under machine

OSHA ID106585.015

Accident Date2017-11-30

Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 9:00 a.m. on November 30, 2017, an employee was working for a wholesaler of grain and field beans. The facility had a Hayssen filling, bagging, or sealing machine. The machine was running on the facilitys Line Number 1. The employee was clearing plastic bags from the blade on the machine. Without shutting the machine down, she reached under the machines guard to retrieve plastic bags. She sustained an amputation of the fingertip of the index finger on her left hand. She was not hospitalized.

Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers

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