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White Paper-Pre-Fire Grain Conditioning
White paper from the NWAG Grain Task Force Team and their Advisory Board on Pre-Fire Grain...
- Grain Bin Safety
White Paper - Post-Fire Grain Issues
White paper from the NWAG Grain Task Force Team and their Advisory Board on Post-Fire Grain Issues.
- Grain Bin Safety
Help protect youth from grain-related accidents
Grain handling operations can be extremely hazardous to children and young workers. Learn how...
- Grain Bin Safety
Proper grain management techniques
Maintaining grain quality in storage can prevent grain spoilage and eliminate the leading cause...
- Grain Bin Safety
Children and grain handling don't mix
Learn how to help prevent tragic grain bin accidents involving young workers and children.
- Grain Bin Safety
Choose the right rescue tube for your operation
Identify the model that best fits your operation in the event of an emergency.
- Grain Bin Safety
Identifying grain bin hazards
Learn about grain bin hazards related to augers, bin collapses, PTOs, fires and explosions,...
- Grain Bin Safety
Reduce bin entry risk with lockout/tagout procedures
Safe bin-entry procedures like lockout/tagout can help reduce the risk of grain entrapment,...
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Considerations for safe silage harvesting
Silage remains a popular feed source for dairies, beef feedlots, and cow/calf producers because...
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Dangers of storage and unloading of ensiled forages
Silages are feed ingredients fed primarily to dairy and beef cattle. Silages are usually produced...
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Preventing and preparing for grain dryer fires
The devastating results of fire can include death, serious injury, financial loss, property...
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Learn how to avoid grain bin entrapment
Learn how grain bin entrapment can occur at grain-handling facilities and the safety guidelines...
Videos
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Experience a Grain Bin Rescue Operation
Check out this grain bin rescue demonstration where FarmHer’s founder, Marji Alaniz, becomes...
Grain Bin Safety VideosGrain Bin Safety Rescue Story
This video shows how Nationwide protects people, businesses, and futures with extraordinary...
Grain Bin Safety VideosNGFA Safety & Grain Quality Management
Working in or around a grain bin exposes farmers and workers to serious and life-threatening...
Grain Bin Safety VideosGrowing Safely - Grain Bin Safety
Dan Neenan, Director of The National Education Center for Agricultural Safety shares important...
Grain Bin Safety VideosDr. Dee Jepsen
Dr. Dee Jepsen, Ohio State University associate professor and state agricultural safety leader,...
Grain Bin Safety VideosNational Proclamation signed recognizing Grain Bin Safety Week 2020
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, visits with Kristi Noem, Governor of South Dakota....
Grain Bin Safety VideosGlenville Fire Department – Chief Testimonial
The Glenville Fire Department used their awarded grain bin rescue tube to save a man who was...
Grain Bin Safety VideosGBSW - Partner with us
Conrad Fire Department is awarded a grain bin rescue tube and training from the Nominate Your...
Grain Bin Safety VideosGrain Bin Engulfment - It can happen to you
Watch media coverage of a Heartland Co-op grain bin entrapment and hear from the rescued survivor.
Grain Bin Safety VideosSmall Town Big Deal
Small Town Big Deal co-hosts interview the survivor of a grain bin accident and a family who...
Grain Bin Safety Tools
- Year-round grain management
Year-round grain management
A year-round grain management strategy can help minimize grain-related accidents and help improve...
A year-round grain management strategy can help minimize grain-related accidents and help improve your bottom line. - Pre-season grain dryer inspection and maintenance checklist
Pre-season grain dryer inspection and maintenance checklist
Use this checklist when performing grain dryer inspections to help reduce the risk of mechanical...
Use this checklist when performing grain dryer inspections to help reduce the risk of mechanical breakdown and fire. - Pre-harvest farming checklist
Pre-harvest farming checklist
Before harvest begins, follow these important tips to prepare and avoid the loss of use of...
Before harvest begins, follow these important tips to prepare and avoid the loss of use of harvesting, grain handling or grain drying equipment. - Grain-related hazards
Grain-related hazards
Young farm workers should read and follow all the information contained within, and share it...
Young farm workers should read and follow all the information contained within, and share it with parents or legal guardians so they are aware of the potential hazards related to the transporting and storing of grain. - Safe way to enter a bin
Safe way to enter a bin
Entering a grain bin is extremely dangerous. This awareness document can help you gain a better...
Entering a grain bin is extremely dangerous. This awareness document can help you gain a better understanding of what can go wrong when entering a grain bin and what it takes to help prevent a tragedy from happening. - Confined space and grain bin entry permit
Confined space and grain bin entry permit
Before bin entry, it's important for all employers, workers and farmers to follow specific...
Before bin entry, it's important for all employers, workers and farmers to follow specific bin-entry precautions outlined in this permit. - Hot work permit and guidelines
Hot work permit and guidelines
To avoid hot work-generated fires, management should implement a hot work program, which requires...
To avoid hot work-generated fires, management should implement a hot work program, which requires the issuance of a hot work permit before beginning hot work and observance of hot work preparation and safety guidelines. - Grain storage construction
Grain storage construction
Follow these design, construction, maintenance and inspection guidelines to help ensure structural...
Follow these design, construction, maintenance and inspection guidelines to help ensure structural integrity and safety. - Steel bin storage annual checklist
Steel bin storage annual checklist
Use this checklist to help document and keep track of important bin information, such as owner's...
Use this checklist to help document and keep track of important bin information, such as owner's manuals, annual inspection reports and maintenance records. - Concrete grain storage annual checklist
Concrete grain storage annual checklist
Use this checklist to help document and keep track of important bin information, such as owner's...
Use this checklist to help document and keep track of important bin information, such as owner's manuals, annual inspection reports and maintenance records. - Lockout tagout guidelines
Lockout tagout guidelines
Use this guide to help develop and implement an effective lockout/tagout program and to control...
Use this guide to help develop and implement an effective lockout/tagout program and to control hazardous energy. - Emergency action plan for farms
Emergency action plan for farms
Follow the steps outlined in this guide to help develop an effective emergency action plan...
Follow the steps outlined in this guide to help develop an effective emergency action plan for your farm. - Emergency action plan for commercial businesses
Emergency action plan for commercial businesses
Use this manual to assist your facility in developing an emergency action plan in compliance...
Use this manual to assist your facility in developing an emergency action plan in compliance with OSHA's emergency action plan requirements. - Emergency action plan template
Emergency action plan template
Use this template to document your facility's emergency action plan.
Use this template to document your facility's emergency action plan. - Aflatoxin management for commercial businesses
Aflatoxin management for commercial businesses
Follow these recommendations to assist your commercial business in developing a quality assurance...
Follow these recommendations to assist your commercial business in developing a quality assurance program to help reduce the chance of buying and selling aflatoxin contaminated grain. - Aflatoxin management for farms
Aflatoxin management for farms
Follow these steps to reduce or minimize the likelihood of aflatoxin development particularly...
Follow these steps to reduce or minimize the likelihood of aflatoxin development particularly with regards to pre-harvest scouting, testing, and proper drying and storage.
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