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03.29.19 Newsletter, Safety, Health & Environment

Stand-Up for Grain Safety Week raises awareness of grain handling and storage hazards

The NGFA and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hosted a major safety outreach effort – the “Stand-Up for Grain Safety Week” – from March 25-29 to help raise awareness about grain handling and storage hazards, provide education and training, and convey safety best practices.

A March 25 kickoff event, hosted by the Grain and Feed Association of Illinois and Asmark Agricenter in Bloomington, Ill., included Illinois Department of Agriculture Deputy Director Warren D. Goetsch, OSHA, NGFA and other grain industry leaders, as well as training demonstrations.

NGFA Chairman Eric Wilkey (left), president of Arizona Grain Inc, Casa Grande, Ariz., receives a proclamation from Illinois Acting Director Michael Kleinik dedicating March 25-29 as Grain Safety Week in Illinois, signed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

“Enhancing safety in the workplace is everyone’s job,” said NGFA Chairman Eric Wilkey in his remarks at the event, during which he reminded companies to  participate with the NGFA-OSHA Alliance by hosting safety events and “toolbox talks” during the week and years to come.

Also during the kickoff, OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt described the dangers of working around grain handling and storage, noting that a person can be submerged in grain in under 60 seconds. “One minute is all it takes to change everything,” she said, encouraging employers and workers to be hypervigilant in the workplace. “Safety doesn’t start when we show up at a ‘Stand-Up’ and it certainly doesn’t stop when we leave here today.”

She said OSHA and its partners will measure the success of Stand-Up for Grain Safety Week by counting the number of certificates issued, but “the true success of this week is if we can save just one life…Together we can make a  difference,” she said.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker officially proclaimed March 25-29 as Stand-Up for Grain Safety Week in Illinois. The governor’s proclamation noted: “It takes only seconds to fall, be caught between, struck by or completely engulfed during the processing of grain…and…these hazards are preventable through commitment and the establishment of best practices.”

Throughout the Stand-Up for Grain Safety Week, companies participated by providing focused activities and/or toolbox talks for employees on any hazard-prevention measure. Companies that participated are encouraged to fill out information about their safety activities on this website, which provides training materials and a certificate of participation. 

The campaign was sponsored through the NGFA-OSHA Alliance in collaboration with the Grain Elevator and Processing Society, the North American Millers Association, the Grain Handling Safety Coalition and the American Feed Industry Association.

The NGFA has several resources, including Safety Tip Sheets, guidance documents and training videos, for companies wishing to become involved in the campaign. More information, as well as official OSHA regulations and guidance documents relevant to the grain handlers, can be found on OSHA’s website.

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Lacy Holleman
Manager of Legal Affairs and Arbitration

lholleman@ngfa.org

Lacy provides staff support for one of NGFA’s premier member services – its more than century old system of industry trade rules and arbitration that facilitates the efficient marketing of grains, oilseeds and their derived products. She also works on contracting, legal and other related matters.

An Arkansas native, Lacy received her undergraduate degree with a double major in history and Russian studies from the University of Tulsa (Okla.) and her law degree from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. Prior to joining NGFA’s staff in November 2020, she managed a local business at the Pentagon and completed mediation training required by the North Carolina Supreme Court for those seeking to serve as mediators for settlement conferences and other settlement procedures in North Carolina Superior Court civil actions. She also has worked as an assistant for a law firm in her native state.