With many grain bins full of stored grain this time of year, CFAES safety experts are reminding farmers to be aware of safety precautions. Grain dust particles can lodge in your lungs when inhaled, potentially causing asthma, COPD, and other respiratory issues.
Dee Jepsen, CFAES professor and state safety leader for OSU Extension, and a team of engineers built a grain dust simulator to recreate conditions in grain bins and test dust concentrations during different activities such as unloading grain and cleaning out bins. Research results helped the team identify respiratory protection recommendations: go.osu.edu/ grain-bin-dust.