OSHA Illinois Renews Alliance with Grain and Feed Association of IL

OSHA's Illinois area offices have renewed an alliance with the Grain and Feed Association of Illinois to address grain industry hazards associated with engulfment, falls, conveying equipment, and combustible dust.

The association's Executive Director Jeff Adkisson joined OSHA Area Directors Trish Rankin in Peoria; Aaron Priddy in Fairview Heights, Jacob Scott in Naperville, Sukhvir Kaur in Chicago North, and James Martineck in Chicago South to sign the alliance agreement.

The four-year alliance renews the agreement originally signed in March 2020. Representatives of each organization will meet at least annually to track and share information on activities and results in achieving the goals of the alliance to improve safety and health in the grain industry.

"Alliances like those between OSHA and the Grain and Feed Association of Illinois  address hazards, reduce risks, and improve safety and health management systems to help prevent life-altering injuries and fatalities in the highly hazardous grain handling industry," said OSHA's Regional Administrator Bill Donovan. "We look forward to our continued partnership and dialog with the Illinois farming community on the unique hazards faced by their workers."

OSHA and the Grain and Feed Association of Illinois will continue an active relationship by:

The OSHA Alliance Program enables organizations to enter voluntarily into a cooperative relationship to raise awareness of OSHA's initiatives, outreach, communications, training and education.