A General Electric employee sustained serious injuries while working on a wind turbine in south-central Kansas during a Sunday morning accident, according to a news report published in the Tulsa World.
The employee was repairing a wind generator blade near Pratt, Kansas when he fell 120 feet, landing on his back in muddy terrain. He is expected to survive.
“I didn’t expect to find this when we got out here, falls from that kind of height normally don’t come out this well,” said Vernon Chinn, the Pratt County Sheriff who responded to the emergency call.
A fellow employee was hanging by his safety harness from the turbine but managed to reach the ground safely with the use of a construction basket.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation by General Electric.