Applescript to remove first line from CSV

Hi,
I receive CSV files that I then drag and drop into a Numbers spreadsheet.
The CSV files have two lines of data (which correspond to two rows of data in a Numbers spreadsheet).
The first line in each CSV is a header that I would like to delete before it goes into the spreadsheet.
I would like to write an Applescript (application) that I could drop the CSV onto, that would delete the first (header) line.
Seems like this should be simple, but I've spent the past hour searching for how to do this and I haven't found a clear answer anywhere.
If anybody could help I'd really appreciate it.
thanks.

Saved as an Applescript App, this will delete the first line of text files dropped on the App
USE WITH CAUTION and Test
on open the_Files
     repeat with i in the_Files
          tell application "Finder"
               if name extension of i is "csv" then
                    do shell script "sed -i \"\" '1 d' " & quoted form of POSIX path of i
               end if
          end tell
     end repeat
end open

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