OSHA Investigation Into Death of Georgia Grain Silo Worker Finds Multiple Safety Violations

Dale Nething, 86, transfers a load of corn from his truck to a grain silo on his family farm in Ravenna, Ohio, on Oct. 11, 2021. Dane Rhys/Reuters

A federal investigation into the death of a worker at a Colquitt, Georgia, grain silo has found the fatality could have been prevented if the operator had followed required grain-handling safety regulations.

The findings followed an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) into the death of the 59-year-old worker at the grain silo, operated by Cedar Head LLC, in April.