August 8, 2014
Minnesota

Crane accident near Grand Meadow injures operator

08/08/2014 | www.kaaltv.com

An accident involving a construction crane in rural Mower County Friday morning sent the injured operator to the hospital.

Workers at the scene tell ABC 6 News the crane was doing work at the site of a wind turbine south of Grand Meadow near County Road 8 and 180th Street.

The injured operator was taken to Rochester by Mayo One.

The crane was owned and operated by a sub contractor to Next Era Energy which owns the wind turbine were the accident occurred.

URL to article:  https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2014/08/08/crane-accident-near-grand-meadow-injures-operator/