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Article updated: 2/16/2011 7:15 AM

Record number of grain bin accidents in 2010

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Firefighters open the side of a grain bin to rescue a man that was trapped chest-deep in soybeans at Cooperative Plus Inc., in Burlington, Wis. A Purdue University report showed 51 grain bin accidents last year, up from 28 in 2009 and the most since tracking began in 1978. Twenty-five people died, and five of them were children under age 16. The previous record for grain bin accidents was 42 in 1993.

Associated Press/February, 2010

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A Purdue University report showed 51 grain bin accidents last year, up from 38 in 2009 and the most since tracking began in 1978. Twenty-five people died, including three in Illinois. Five of them were children under age 16. The previous record for grain bin accidents was 42 in 1993.