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Subcontractor Electrocuted at South Carolina High School

Aug. 5, 2019
Worker dies after electrocution and fall at school

A 28-year-old man working at a South Carolina high school was electrocuted and fell 8 feet to his death recently, according to reports from WBTW and an account written in The Charlotte Observer.

A Georgetown County School District indicated that the victim, a Myrtle Beach resident, was a subcontractor working at Georgetown High School when the accident took place.

For more details, read the original report.

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