MACON, Georgia (AP) – A contract worker at a Georgia chicken processing plant died after being electrocuted while cleaning at Perdue Farms’ facility, officials said.
The Macon Telegraph reported that 23-year-old Antonio Ramirez was found electrocuted at the Georgia central Perry facility on Sunday morning when a supervisor tried to check him out, according to Houston County Assistant Medical Examiner David Gabbard.
The guard noticed Ramirez hunched over as if looking for something, but felt a shock when he got closer, turned off the power and called emergency officers, Gabbard said. Ramirez was pronounced dead in the hospital he was taken to.
Perdue told the newspaper that Ramirez worked for a company that cleans the facility’s manufacturing facilities.
“The safety of our people and facilities is always a top priority for Perdue and we take it very seriously,” the company said in a statement. “We are in contact with the local authorities and the contractor, and our deepest condolences go to his family, friends and co-workers.”
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