By DeSherion McBroom
Feb 24, 2021 7:04 PM
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) – According to a study conducted by Purdue University, Indiana has seen an increase in grain bin entrapments in recent years.
Purdue University says in 2019, there were 38 grain bin entrapments, a 26% increase from 2018. For Grain Bin Safety Week, Feb. 21-27, one local woman has been advocating for more grain bin safety ever since one fall afternoon in 2019 that changed her life forever. Eight cases in 2019 involved youth under the age of 21. My son Colton was one of those eight, said Anita Howard. Eight families suffered the same loss that I m suffering now and have to go on with their lives and try to find some sort of normal which is next to impossible.