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One man dead after getting trapped in grain bin in rural Hall County
https://omaha.com/news/state-regional/one-man-dead-after-getting-trapped-in-grain-bin-in-rural-hall-county/article_c0c0303c-1c42-11ee-bb10-6b04ab3dc180.html
By Christopher Burbach Jul 6, 2023 Updated 10 hrs ago
A man died Thursday after he was trapped in a grain bin in rural Hall County, Nebraska, according to the Hall County Sheriff's Office.
Rescuers called to the scene at 10:40 a.m. found Dale Bockmann deceased in the grain bin, the Sheriff's Office said in a press release.
The Hall County Sheriff's Office, Grand Island Fire Department, Grand Island Rural Fire Department and Doniphan Rural Fire Department all assisted. The Sheriff's Office said it investigated and concluded Bockmann's death was accidental.
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One man dead after getting trapped in grain bin in rural Hall County (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Jul 2023
OP
Tetrachloride
(8,565 posts)1. no OSHA regulations?
marble falls
(63,121 posts)2. A very all too common way to die in the grainbelt.
Midnight Writer
(23,423 posts)3. What a horrible way to die.