A 62-year-old Minnesota man is dead he fell nearly 35-feet at an ethanol plant near Sutherland.

On Wednesday, at around 2:21 p.m., deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to Midwest Renewable Energy, just east of Sutherland, after it was reported that a male subject had fallen from some scaffolding.

Witnesses on scene provided first-aid until Sutherland Rescue arrived and transported the man to Great Plains Health in North Platte, where he was pronounced dead.

Chief Deputy Roland Kramer says Charles Danielson, of Buffalo Lake, MN, was working on some scaffolding about 35-feet in the air when he fell.  Kramer said Danielson was wearing a safety harness but, for some reason, it had been temporarily unhooked.

The case remains under investigation, but Kramer said it appears to be accidental in nature at this time.