Electrical Worker Electrocuted at Yogurt Plant in New York

An employee of Schenectady Hardware and Electric Co. was electrocuted while working in a yogurt plant last week. The man was doing electrical work at the Fage USA plant in the Johnstown Industrial Park when he came into contact with a live wire while he was on a platform.

The Associated Press reported that the worker as Roopnarine Surajpel, 28, of Schenectady. He was pronounced dead at Nathan Littauer Hospital in Gloversville. OSHA in investigating the incident.