On Sunday, a man from Houston County died after being electrocuted at Perdue Farms, WMAZ reported.
Antonio Ramirez, 23, a contractor employed by QSI, was reportedly cleaning an area known as “The Hot Room.”
About 5:30 a.m., a manager spotted Ramirez kneeling as if he were looking for something. When the manager came closer to Ramirez, he felt a charge and knew he was being electrocuted, Assistant Houston County Coroner David Gabbard told WMAZ.
Ramirez was transported to Perry Hospital and was pronounced dead about an hour later, WMAZ reported.
“We are deeply saddened by the death of a contractor working for a company that cleans our production equipment who was fatally injured in an accident Sunday morning at our Prepared Food facility in Perry, Ga.,” a Perdue spokesperson said in a statement. “The safety of our workers and facilities is always Perdue’s top priority, and we are taking the matter very seriously. We are in communication with local authorities and the contracting company, and our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends and co-workers.”
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