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by Animats 1837 days ago
Right. In industry, you'd need a confined space permit, lockout/tagout of any related machinery, a fall protection rig, and an outside watcher to go inside a grain silo. Standard industrial safety.

Farms with 10 employees or less are mostly exempt from OSHA regulations, by an act of Congress demanded by the agriculture industry.

[1] https://www.osha.gov/grain-handling

[2] https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/osha-clarifies-sma...