No fewer than 83 cases, 24 fatal and 59 non-fatal,1 involving agricultural confined spaces were documented in 2022, representing a 40.7% increase over the 59 cases in 2021
Bill Field
Combine fires cost farmers millions of dollars in damages every harvest, and in dry years such as 2020, the potential for fires is even greater than normal.
Since the 1970’s Purdue University’s Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department has been documenting and investigating incidents involving grain storage and handling facilities at both commercial and on-farm locations.
