Man Dies in Soybean Bin, Leading to $412,000 Fine for Repeat Offender Employer

A 41-year-old worker at a Nebraska grain-handling facility suffocated while clearing debris from a soybean bin, leading to an investigation that yielded a fine of more than $400,000 for his employer, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Monday. As he cleaned Cooperative Producers Inc.'s soybean bin in Prosser, the worker's lifeline tangled in an unguarded, rotating auger, an OSHA investigation determined. OSHA inspectors cited CPI for three egregious willful citations — the most severe penalty it levies — and three serious v...