By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A Trenton, Ohio, man was seriously injured while working at the Signify lighting production facility Tuesday morning.
Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander said this morning that deputies and emergency personnel were sent to the facility at 3861 S. Ninth Street at approximately 9:30 a.m. Tuesday for the report of an industrial accident.
A 40-year-old Trenton, Ohio, man working for Hosea Project Movers, headquartered in Covington, Ky., backed into a hole, fell 20 feet, went into a chute and fell another 20 feet before hitting the concrete floor, Melander said.
The company was hired to remove a furnace inside the facility, he said.
The man was transported to Salina Regional Health Center with serious injuries to the back of his skull, spine, and rib cage, Melander said. The man later was transferred to a Topeka hospital, he added.