An 18-year-old was injured by an auger in a grain bin Friday morning, according to the Dane County Sheriff’s Office. Emergency crews were called to 4562 Highway 92 in the town of Rutland at 8:19 a.m.

EDGEWOOD — Grain bin fatalities are a leading accidental cause of premature death among farmers. According to Purdue University, about 39 grain-entrapment cases across the country occurred in 2024, a ...

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.

If a farmer falls into a bin with flowing shelled corn, wheat, oats, sunflower seeds or barley, they might sink to their knees and be unable to free themselves in the time it took to read this ...

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. — The quick actions of firefighters, EMS and the St. Charles County farming community stopped a bad situation from getting much worse, according to the family of a recently ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- With harvest season upon us, residents in Northwest Missouri might frequently see big, silver units while driving down the highway. Grain bins are used to store ...

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 ...

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. — A teenager was injured after becoming stuck in a grain bin auger Thursday afternoon in St. Charles County. St. Charles County Ambulance District spokesperson Kyle Gaines said ...

Above: Purdue student in grain bin rescue simulator. I recently re-watched the 2016 video entitled, “Stop, Think, & Live!” a work about grain entrapment, produced by Posey County Farm Bureau, Inc., ...

Bay County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to Ittner Bean and Grain in Auburn on Tuesday after a 44-year-old employee fell into an auger and suffered a severe leg injury. The man was airlifted ...

Sep. 25—WINDOM, Minn. — A Windom man was severely injured Sunday, Sept. 24, after his legs got caught in a power sweep auger of a grain bin. Travis Muller, 30, was cleaning out a grain bin when his ...