Worker electrocuted at NY yogurt plant

Published September 14, 2014 2:20am ET



JOHNSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — A worker has been electrocuted at an upstate New York yogurt plant.

The Times Union of Albany reports (http://bit.ly/1sNp3Fo ) that the industrial accident happened Thursday at the Fage (FAH’-yay) USA yogurt plan in Johnstown.

The victim was employed by a Schenectady electrical company doing work at the plant.

Donald Klose of Bond Funeral Home in Schenectady identified him as 28-year-old Roopnarine Surajpel.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.