Ten workers were injured yesterday afternoon (Sept. 12, 2022) when large, heavy rafters on a dairy barn they were constructing collapsed on them.
It happened southwest of Summit in Roberts County in northeastern South Dakota.
Grant County Deputy Sheriff Wesley Bowsher says of the ten, one sustained critical injuries. Five were taken to Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown, three to Milbank and two to Webster.
Bowsher says the investigation will be turned over to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to determine what caused the collapse. The federal agency will also determine whether any fines will be levied against the construction company building the barn.
Multiple agencies from across northeast South Dakota assisted at the scene.
Courtesy photo.
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