PRATT, Kan. (AP) — A south-central Kansas sheriff says a man who fell 120 feet while working on a wind turbine is expected to survive.

Pratt County Sheriff Vernon Chinn says the worker was seriously injured during the tumble onto muddy terrain Sunday morning while he was repairing a blade on a wind generator near Pratt. Chinn says emergency responders found the man coherent, able to talk and “doing amazingly well for the fall he just had.”

Another worker was found hanging from his safety harness 120 feet in the air and eventually was lowered to safety in a construction basket.

General Electric says it is investigating the accident.

The workers’ names were not released.

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PRATT COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities in Pratt County are investigating a Sunday morning accident.

Just before 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, the Pratt County Sheriff’s Office, Pratt County Emergency Services, and Pratt County Rescue were called to a construction site approximately 6 miles south and 4 miles east of Pratt, to the scene of a construction worker who had fallen while doing repairs on a wind generator, according to a media release.

Pratt County Sheriff’s Office was told the worker had fallen approximately 126 feet and had landed on his back in the mud. The worker was conscious and talking with rescue personnel.

Another worker was trapped for a brief period of time, hanging from his safety harness at approximately the same height. After several minutes the second worker was able to free and lower himself into the construction basket and then on down to the ground.

The injured worker was transported from the scene to a hospital in Wichita.

The men were repairing one of the blades on the wind generator and were employed by General Electric, according to the sheriff’s office.

The names of the employees were not released.