OSHA cites grain cooperative after worker suffers amputation

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Monday cited an Illinois grain cooperative after a worker suffered a partial leg amputation while attempting to clean a soybean bin.

OSHA issued citations for four willful violations and one repeat violation to Atlanta, Illinois-based Topflight Grain Cooperative after the 27-year-old worker fell into the bin and was injured by a running paddle conveyor on Aug. 15, 2022. The agency proposed penalties of $629,946.

The cooperative, which was cited for similar violations at a different facility in 2021, has 15 days to contest the latest citations.