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.

Recent high-profile accidents have put a regulatory spotlight on grain elevators. There have been 89 fatalities reported to OSHA involving grain elevators nationwide since 2009, including 40 ...

FARGO, N.D. -- Grain elevator operators are operating in a gray area by using automated bin sweeps, which are common in the industry, according to an expert on employee safety law. The issue has been ...

One of the best ways to carry corn and soybeans to the finish line is a portable auger. It sounds easy enough, but miscalculating factors such as length, capacity and crop condition can result in ...

Maslowski says he's become aware of a new model of automated bin sweep, manufactured in South Dakota, which does not operate with a screw auger and may be approved to work in bins where people are ...

FARGO, N.D. -- Recent high-profile accidents cases have put a regulatory spotlight on grain elevators. Speakers at the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association annual meeting in Fargo, N.D., talked ...

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 ...

Each year, dozens of American farmers are injured or killed after they climb into a grain bin. A father-son duo from Aurora founded their company, Grain Weevil, with one mission: No boots in the grain ...