Archive for April 15th, 2014

Best practices management helps eliminate safety, health concerns associated with excessive dust at grain elevators

by Susan Reidy

Grain dust is an inevitable part of grain handling and storage that must be addressed with best management practices in order to prevent safety and health concerns.

Dust from grain handling operations can be a mixture of grain particles, soil, plant material, fungi, bacteria, agricultural chemical residues, and waste from insects, rodents and/or birds. The mixture can vary depending on the type of grain, the ...