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Gainesville Fire helps rescue injured man on top of Cargill silo

Safety personnel work around a rescue basket Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, at Cargill's West Ridge Road facility. A worker on a silo was injured and had to be rescued after his safety harness became entangled in machinery. - photo by Gainesville Fire Department

11162018 CARGILL.jpg — Safety personnel work around a rescue basket Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, at Cargill's West Ridge Road facility. A worker on a silo was injured and had to be rescued after his safety harness became entangled in machinery. - photo by Gainesville Fire Department

Roughly 125 feet up in the air, a man was rescued from the top of a Cargill silo after the man’s harness got entangled in a piece of machinery, according to authorities.