![]() ![]() Fire departments can get application instructions from their nearest AgCountry offices at that time, Vinje said. The report's author noted that the report doesn't account for all entrapment incidents because there's no mandatory reporting requirement.ĪgCountry could offer the grain bin rescue units/training program again next year, with a decision expected in early 2018. Eighteen people died from entrapment in 2016, up from 14 the previous year. ![]() The 29 "entrapment incidents" were a 21 percent increase from the 24 incidents in 2015. grain entrapment cases and fatalities rose in 2016, according to Purdue University's annual survey of grain handling accidents. Grain bins continue to get larger, increasing the possibility that large amounts of stored grain will shift quickly, trapping a person working inside it. ![]() Grain bin entrapment is a longstanding and growing concern in U.S. It's a perfect combination where we can help keep farmers safe while at the same time support the hardworking men and women of our rural fire departments," said Eric Vinje, an AgCountry spokesman. We see the bin program as an outstanding way to give to both of those initiatives. "We're all about supporting agriculture and our rural communities. The training was conducted in a grain truck, not a bin.Įach rescue unit, which includes a 10-panel system that surrounds a trapped or buried victim, a slide hammer to set the panels in place and other accessories, costs about $3,500, according to AgCountry. And we want to be ready, though we hope we never have to use this (equipment or training)," said Jallo, who, as part of the training, stood thigh-deep in grain. Adam Jallo, who grow up on a local farm and now works at the Fordville Co-op Marketing Association grain elevator, was among those attending the Oct. The Minnesota company describes its mission as "providing agri-business with grain safety equipment."įordville's volunteer fire department has 18 members, most of them farmers. to receive grain bin rescue units and follow-up training from Outside Data. On the edge of Fordville - a farm town of 200 in north-central North Dakota - combines growled as they harvested corn.ĪgCountry Farm Credit Services selected five fire departments - in the North Dakota towns of Cavalier, Fordville, LaMoure and Lisbon and in Hawley, Minn., and Fosston, Minn. So we need to be ready," he said.īerg, training coordinator with Outstate Data in Elbow Lake, Minn., led members of the Fordville, N.D., Fire Department through training on a warm, clear evening on Oct. While the distribution of rescue tubes is a key part of the program, Nationwide leads the effort to promote awareness to prevent grain bin entry and. "Grain bins keep getting bigger, and the risk of entrapment keeps growing. Unlike most of the annual soybean crop, this harvest was being stored on the. Though Craig Berg has led at least 1,400 training sessions on grain bin entrapment, his enthusiasm and sense of purpose haven't dimmed. One morning in 2015, 39-year-old Eric Reasland entered a silo on the farm where he worked. ![]()
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