Dairy Worker Safety and Health: Silage Safety

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• Personal Author:
  Bolsen K ; Douphrate D ; Hagevoort R ; Reynolds S
• Description:
  February is not your typical "discuss silage safety month." However, in light of recent silage-related injuries and fatalities with pile management, this month's safety article is focused on hazards associated with managing silage in bunker silos and drive-over piles. Silage injury or fatality statistics are not easily collected; however, silage-related fatalities continue to be reported in local media outlets. For example, recently a 34-year-old male was killed when he was working in a bunker silo on a southwestern U.S. dairy farm. A silage avalanche that weighed 10-15 tons fell on him. Fellow workers found his truck still running, but the worker was nowhere to be found. A local sheriff's deputy was quoted in the paper that the depth of the silage was about 20 feet high. There are six hazards that dairy owners, managers and employees need to be aware of when working around bunker silos and drive-over piles: tractor roll-overs, entanglement or run-over by machinery, falls from heights, avalanche or collapsing silage, nitrogen dioxide, and worker fatigue and complacency. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Agriculture Animals Cattle Dairy Products Fatigue Livestock Mortality Occupational Health Safety

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural Machinery Animal Handlers Cattle Industry Dairy Products Falls Fatalities Rollover Protective Structures ROPS Safety Education Safety Programs Tractors

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052222
• Citation:
  Prog Dairyman 2014 Feb; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado State University - Ft. Collins
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20030915
• Source Full Name:
  The Progressive Dairyman
• End Date:
  20270914
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211783/cdc_211783_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 119.62 KB ]