Federal workplace safety inspectors fined a grain operator in Nebraska $536,965 for exposing workers to fire and explosion risks by allowing combustible dust to accumulate.
U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors in March opened an investigation into Legacy Cooperative’s grain elevator in Hemingford in response to a complaint of unsafe working conditions.
Inspectors reportedly found more than one-eighth of an inch of grain dust accumulated in parts of the facility where housekeeping should be prioritized, such as the bottom belt tunnel and around elevator legs.
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