A worker was seriously injured Saturday at 9:35 a.m. after falling 30 feet from a catwalk in a corn dryer and landing on a metal platform below at Didion Milling in Cambria, WI, reports theDaily Citizen.
A press release from Didion Milling reported that the worker was a contractor performing routine cleaning.
Rescue crews put the worker, who was conscious, into a harness and using a rope system lowered the patient 20 to 30 feet to an exterior catwalk. He was then transported to a nearby hospital.
