A farm employee was trapped and crushed in a hopper while he was unloading alfalfa cubes from a truck. He had parked the truck close to the powered hopper. A conveyor from the truck to the hopper was lowered into place. To enable the conveyor to handle a greater volume, he placed sheets of plywood inside it to make higher walls. During the unloading operation, a piece of the plywood vibrated loose from its position on the conveyor and fell into the hopper. The worker got out of the truck cab and entered the hopper without first shutting off the conveyor. He […]