Grain Distributor Facing $93K in Fines for Engulfment Hazards

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued 33 safety and health violations to a grain distributor for exposing its workers to engulfment hazards.The federal agency proposed penalties of $93,250 against Great Western Products Co., after determining that the employer was exposing workers to engulfment hazards by improperly storing corn in bins at its facility in Assumption, Ill. "Engulfment, falls and entanglement are real hazards in grain bins, and exposing workers to those dangers is not acceptable," said Tom Bielema, OSHA's area director in Peoria. "Great Western Products is...