Engineer Timothy S. Hardy

Engineer Hardy and members of his fire department were dispatched to a report of a fire at a mill in a wheat hull bin. The bin was one of five in a 100-foot-tall silo. In order to assess the status of the fire, two firefighters were assigned to ride the man lift to the top of the silo. Engineer Hardy was the first to ascend. Near the top of the silo, Engineer Hardy, in full firefighter gear, became wedged in the confined space. His SCBA became caught, then the force of the man lift bent him backwards to where he could not operate the man lift controls. When mill employees and firefighters reached him, they found him deceased.