Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 003 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(iv): The employer did not prohibit "walking down grain" and similar practices where the employee walks on grain to make it flow within or out from a grain storage structure, or where an employee is on moving grain: The employer is failing to protect employees from entrapment and engulfment hazards associated with the cleaning of grain elevator grain bins. This was most recently documented, on 09/14/17, at the establishment located at 1892 US Hwy 83, Sublette, Kansas. The employer did not ensure employees from walking on moving grain while vacuuming grain from the bottom of a grain bin resulting in an employee being engulfed in grain.