OSHA fines LaBolt, SD Farmers grain company more than $95,920

December 30, 2011 

OSHA fines LaBolt, SD Farmers grain company more than $95,920 for exposing workers to unsafe working conditions

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued LaBolt Farmers Grain Company, Incorporated in LaBolt, South Dakota thirteen citations for exposing workers to unsafe conditions at its grain handling facility where a worker got caught in a moving bin sweep auger & suffered severe injuries to his leg and arm. .
 
"Despite awareness of the hazardous nature of grain bin entries and of the means and methods to prevent such hazards, the employer failed to develop and enforce recognized safe work practices," said Tom Deutscher, OSHA's area director in Bismarck.
 

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