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Trapped worker freed unhurt from grain silo in Burlington

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BY DENEEN SMITH

dsmith@kenoshanews.com

A man trapped inside a soybean grain silo at an agricultural cooperative in Burlington was freed after a nearly four-hour rescue effort.

Burlington fire and rescue workers had been called to CPI, 638 S. Kane St., at 12:38 p.m. for a report of a male worker caught inside a large grain bin.

Emergency personnel used saws to cut through the sides of the metal bin to unload grain so they could reach Adsit, believed to be older than 60 and trapped up to his arms.

“It was a lengthy process,” said Burlington Police Department Lt. Mark Anderson. “They not only had to let the grain drain out, they had to use front-end loaders to move the grain as they went along.”

Work could not move too quickly, or it could have further endangered Adsit. Anderson said workers burned out several saws while cutting through the metal, also slowing the process.

Anderson said how the man became trapped was unclear.

Grain bin entrapment can be deadly. According to statistics from Texas A&M University Extension, more than 200 farmers in the United States died in grain bin suffocation accidents during the past three decades.

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