Officially, it’s being called a electrocution. Both Fanestil Meats owner Dan Smoots and Lyon County Undersheriff John Koelsch tell KVOE News the situation was more of an electric shock than a full-blown electrocution.
The incident happened at Fanestil Meats’ campus at 4700 West US Highway 50 around 9:15 am, and it happened inside the new construction area in the east half of the building. Emporia Fire Capt. Ben Lienemann tells KVOE News a man fell off a ladder after the shock.
Koelsch, meanwhile, says the man walked to a nearby cot and was taken to the hospital with undisclosed injuries. Smoots says the electrical contract worker received a minor shock and was released to return to work but the contractor sent him home.
10:15 am Thursday: Construction worker electrocuted at Emporia’s Fanestil Meats west campus, taken to Newman Regional Health afterward
One person was taken to Newman Regional Health after being electrocuted in west Emporia on Thursday.
The incident happened inside Fanestil Meats’ campus at 4700 West US Highway 50 around 9:15 am. Emporia Fire Capt. Ben Lienemann tells KVOE News a construction worker fell off a ladder after being electrocuted. Undersheriff John Koelsch says the man was shocked, walked to a cot nearby and was taken to the hospital with undisclosed injuries. Further details are pending.
The reported incident comes as Fanestil continues work to build a 40,000 square foot processing plant at the site of its current Fresh Local Market, cold storage facility and administrative offices — replacing the company’s longstanding plant operations just south of Emporia in the Cottonwood River floodplain.
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9:50 am Thursday: Electrocution reported at Fanestil Meats
Details are pending after a reported electrocution in far west Emporia on Thursday.
Early indications are somebody fell off a ladder at Fanestil Meats, 4700 West US Highway 50.
The reported incident comes as Fanestil continues work to build a 40,000 square foot processing plant at the site of its current Fresh Local Market, cold storage facility and administrative offices — replacing the company’s longstanding operations just south of Emporia and in the Cottonwood River floodplain.
Stay with KVOE, KVOE.com and KVOE social media for updates.
