An 18-year-old was injured by an auger in a grain bin Friday morning, according to the Dane County Sheriff’s Office. Emergency crews were called to 4562 Highway 92 in the town of Rutland at 8:19 a.m.

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.

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 ...

MANKATO — Michele Gran sat in front of hundreds of farmers and ag students holding up a photo. “This is not a statistic, this is our son. This is our son Landon. He was 18 years old. He would have ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --After her son was killed in a farm accident, a Minnesota mother is doing what she can to make sure another family doesn't experience a similar loss. Last month, 18-year-old Landon ...

State labor officials have released new details on how a worker died Monday in a Washington County grain bin accident. Elith Sosa was pulled from the grain bin off U.S. 64 outside of Creswell around 3 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Because of difficult harvest conditions last fall, grain may have been stored with higher than normal moisture content, which could pose a danger to anyone working around the grain. "High-moisture ...

LITCHFIELD — A 59-year-old Dannebrog man sustained injuries to his leg after being caught Thursday in a sweep auger at Trotter Grain in Litchfield. Rescue crews were called to Trotter Grain at 216 ...

Sep. 25—WINDOM, Minn. — A Windom man was severely injured Sunday, Sept. 24, 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 ...