CONWAY SPRINGS -Officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are at the Farmer’s Coop in Conway Springs to investigate Tuesday’s grain elevator accident, according to Coop Manger Pat Lies.

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The workers trapped in a grain silo at the Conway Springs Co-op have been extricated.

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A joint effort between the Wichita Fire Department and Sumner County Fire rescue team worked to safely extricate the employee from approximately 80 feet down in a soybean grain bin, according to a report from Wichita Fire Department

The worker became trapped just after 1:30 on Tuesday and was transported to a hospital for treatment, according to Sumner County Emergency Management.

Name of the victim and his condition have not been released.