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Make Seed House Safety And Maintenance A Top Priority
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Overhead seed houses are valuable for short-term seed storage, wet seed storage and gins with limited yard space. With recent design improvements, overhead seed houses can also provide a highly efficient method for loading trucks from flat-storage houses. When fully loaded, a double-hopper seed house can weigh 200,000 pounds or more. This load hovers above trucks and personnel, so structural integrity is critical. Volatile weather can put older seed houses at risk, especially those that have not been properly maintained. Through the years, moisture and chemicals from seed along with humidity cause the inevitable – rust and corrosion. Since the damage primarily occurs inside the seed house, it’s out of sight and mind. If a structural failure occurs, personnel are put at risk of injury. All cotton gins should review their overhead seed house safety and maintenance procedures before the start of the 2016 cotton ginning season.
• Do not enter the seed trailer or climb on the side walls of the trailer. • Post decals “DANGER – DO NOT ENTER AREA BELOW HOPPER DOORS WHEN SEED IS IN STORAGE HOUSE.” Available free from your local ginning association. • Contact your ginning association or loss control representative to get a copy of the “Cottonseed System Safety Policy” for employees, visitors and outside contractors such as seed haulers. • Use all other commonly known safety practices every day. Maintenance • All proper safety precautions should be taken by all personnel who perform maintenance and repairs.
Safety Tips • Never go beneath a seed hopper when it contains seed. • Be sure all ladders and catwalks are properly guarded.
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