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A 94-year-old man died Monday after he went under a pile of soybeans at a grain bin at a southwest Iowa farm.
Robert Wayne Smith was pronounced dead at the farm at Iowa Highway 184 and 290th Avenue about four miles southeast of Tabor and three miles east of Randolph, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.
According to the release, it appeared that Smith was helping unload soybeans from the bin with a grain vacuum. Smith’s son went to move the semitrailer truck that would be used to haul the beans. When Smith’s son came back to the bin, he found Smith under the beans.
The Sheriff’s Office said Smith’s body is being sent to the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner in Ankeny to determine the cause of death.
In addition to Fremont County sheriff’s deputies, Tabor Fire and Rescue, Randolph Community Fire Department and Sidney Volunteer Fire and Rescue also were at the scene.
The agriculture industry ranks among the most hazardous industries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In 2021, the CDC, citing statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, reported there were 20 injury deaths per 100,000 workers in the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry. Almost two-thirds of those deaths happened to workers age 55 or older.
The agency reported the injury death rate for all U.S. industries is 3.6 deaths per 100,000 workers.
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A 94-year-old man died Monday after he went under a pile of soybeans at a grain bin at a southwest Iowa farm.
Robert Wayne Smith was pronounced dead at the farm at Iowa Highway 184 and 290th Avenue about four miles southeast of Tabor and three miles east of Randolph, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.
According to the release, it appeared that Smith was helping unload soybeans from the bin with a grain vacuum. Smith’s son went to move the semitrailer truck that would be used to haul the beans. When Smith’s son came back to the bin, he found Smith under the beans.
The Sheriff’s Office said Smith’s body is being sent to the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner in Ankeny to determine the cause of death.
In addition to Fremont County sheriff’s deputies, Tabor Fire and Rescue, Randolph Community Fire Department and Sidney Volunteer Fire and Rescue also were at the scene.
The agriculture industry ranks among the most hazardous industries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In 2021, the CDC, citing statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, reported there were 20 injury deaths per 100,000 workers in the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry. Almost two-thirds of those deaths happened to workers age 55 or older.
The agency reported the injury death rate for all U.S. industries is 3.6 deaths per 100,000 workers.
94-year-old southwest Iowa man dies in grain bin accident
Robert Wayne Smith was pronounced dead after he went under a pile of soybeans at a southwest Iowa farm.
