More information can be found at Follow Corteva Agriscience on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube. Corteva Agriscience provides growers around the world with the most complete portfolio in the industry - including some of the most recognized brands in agriculture: Pioneer ®, Granular, the newly launched Brevant ™ seeds, as well as award-winning Crop Protection products - while bringing new products to market through our solid pipeline of active chemistry and technologies. The corn was about 7 ft deep in the center over the auger. The division combines the strengths of DuPont Pioneer, DuPont Crop Protection and Dow AgroSciences. He was standing over the auger on the corn and pushing down. If you are going to be engulfed, take off your hat and cover your mouth and nose to avoid inhaling grain.Ībout Corteva Agriscience ™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPontĬorteva Agriscience ™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP), is intended to become an independent, publicly traded company when the previously announced spinoff is complete by June 2019. If you find yourself trapped, stay calm and contact help. Be sure to have an emergency plan in place. For NECAS-approved steps to help reduce grain bin accidents, visit Accidents can happen, even when safety protocols are followed. The National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS) is dedicated to preventing farming and ranching injuries.

The danger of grain bins cannot be discounted.

According to Purdue University, an average of 30.7 people per year die in grain bin asphyxiation and entrapment accidents nationwide, based on 10-year averages. The danger of grain entrapment and the need for adequate training and equipment for first responders is clear. We hope we never have to use it, but if we do, we’ll be ready.” “Being able to get to the scene quickly and having the proper rescue equipment and training can be the difference between someone making it home or not. “Grain bin accidents happen quickly and are often life-threatening,” said Wilmot Fire Department Chief Jake Huff, a recent recipient of a grain rescue tube. Pulling out a 165-pound person buried neck-deep in grain requires 625 pounds of force. The Rescue Auger should be used with a grain rescue tube. One cubic foot for grain weighs 50 pounds, and, without the tube, grain can continue to collapse on the victim as fast as rescuers remove it. The Rescue Auger is to be used in grain bin/elevator rescue situations. Once inserted, the tube halts the flow of grain and relieves the pressure on the trapped individual. The grain rescue tube is made up of six panels that are slid into place around the victim. Corteva Agriscience ™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, is equipping communities with lifesaving equipment by donating 21 grain rescue tubes to fire departments nationwide. WILMOT, S.D. - Having the proper rescue tools and training can be the difference between life and death for rural first responders rushing to save someone trapped in a grain bin.

Corn silo rescue tube