Bartlett Grain Co. L.P. faces five willful and eight serious safety violations cited by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration following an October 2011 grain elevator explosion in Atchison, Kan., that killed six workers and left two others hospitalized.The willful violations include allowing grain dust – which is nine times as explosive as coal dust – to accumulate, using compressed air to remove dust without first shutting down ignition sources, jogging (repeatedly starting and stopping) inside bucket elevators to free legs choked by grain, using electrical equipm...
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