Bartlett Grain agrees to revamped safety practices, training and safeguards, along with an ongoing audit process in a regulatory settlement deal after employee deaths.
The Commission is inviting comment on its proposed regulation to deny authorization of formaldehyde as a feed additive for use as a preservative and hygiene condition enhancer.
Didion Milling Inc faces a proposed fine of $1,837,861 and has been issued 19 safety citations after a facility explosion killed five employees and injured 12.
The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) in the US is set to work with the country's Department of Labor in an effort to call attention to safety concerns for members of the grain and feed industries.
An employee of Prinz Grain and Feed was killed in May this year when he entered a grain bin to clear corn from the sides of an enclosed container, and was engulfed by grain as walls of corn collapsed upon him.
Nutrition Services, Inc. faces a $101,898 fine from the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for alleged safety violations found in an on-site visit.
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is cautioning grain and feed handlers to follow safety practices during the harvest season.
The proportion of US deaths linked to agricultural accidents in enclosed spaces saw an uptick in 2015 when compared to total reported enclosed area accidents.
Frontier Ag has been set a $65,000 fine for a series of perceived safety violations by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
A feed mill in Nebraska faces a possible $56,430 fine for findings from a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety inspection.
US liquid feed manufacturer, Agridyne LLC, filed a motion last month to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the families of two of its employees who died due to gas exposure in an incident 18 months ago.
Biosecurity and energy management in feed mills is one area of focus in the educational seminars planned for during the International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE) show in the US at the end of this month.
US feed ingredient supplier, International Nutrition, disputes OSHA’s findings that its decision to overload storage bins on the roof level of its Omaha facility led directly to the death of two workers in January.
Idaho based Anderson Farms has settled with the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) over five safety violations at its feed operations leading to the death of an employee in February.
Milk Specialties Global has agreed to pay fines totaling $535,000 after safety violations were found at its Whitehall, Wisconsin facility, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has said.
