Travis Muller, 30, was cleaning out a grain bin when his legs got caught up in the power sweep auger. At approximately 3:06 p.m., Cottonwood County Dispatch received a 911 call about the incident.

A man's legs were amputated at a Twin Cities hospital after they were mangled in a grain bin auger in southwestern Minnesota, officials and family said Monday. The incident occurred midafternoon ...

Michele Gran can clearly remember telling her son not to go to work on Aug. 14 of last year. Landon Gran, 18, suffered a sore back from farm work at a nearby operation two miles south of the Grans’ ...

ST PETER, Minn. — Another Minnesota family is dealing with an unthinkable tragedy having lost their loved one in a farming accident. Tuesday night in rural Stearns County, the sheriff says 35-year-old ...

Recent high-profile accidents have put a regulatory spotlight on grain elevators. There have been 89 fatalities reported to OSHA involving grain elevators nationwide since 2009, including 40 ...

Each year, dozens of American farmers are injured or killed after they climb into a grain bin. A father-son duo from Aurora founded their company, Grain Weevil, with one mission: No boots in the grain ...

Maslowski says he's become aware of a new model of automated bin sweep, manufactured in South Dakota, which does not operate with a screw auger and may be approved to work in bins where people are ...

FARGO, N.D. -- Grain elevator operators are operating in a gray area by using automated bin sweeps, which are common in the industry, according to an expert on employee safety law. The issue has been ...

Sep. 25—WINDOM — A Windom man was severely injured Sunday, after his legs got caught in a power sweep auger of a grain bin. Travis Muller, 30, was cleaning out a grain bin when his legs got caught up ...