understand, a great employee in just a freak accident,” Steve Clark, an investigator with the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office, said.
Clark said a company from Cairo was at the farm to replace a grain bin’s roof. There were several workers assisting outside the bin while two were helping from the inside.
“He and two other individuals were in the bin. One was on a ladder. The other one was holding the ladder. This individual at that point and time really had nothing to do. He was just in there helping out,” Clark said.
The workers were using a beam to support the roof, but that beam came falling down. Investigators said it struck the worker in the head and shoulder.
