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A wide-ranging investigation will be held to determine the cause of a liquid nitrogen leak in a poultry processing factory in Georgia, which killed six people and sent 11 others to hospital.
Six people were killed, while 11 others were sent to a hospital on Thursday after a liquid nitrogen leak at a northeast Georgia poultry plant.
Authorities said at least three of those hospitalized were in critical condition. According to Zachary Brackett of Hall County Fire Services, firefighters responded to a report of burns at the Foundation Food Group plant, formerly Prime Pak Foods, in Gainesville at around 10:12 a.m.
Brackett noted that within 10 minutes, they had updated it to a hazardous materials response, NBC News reported. Once the units arrived, they found a large contingent of employees that had evacuated, along with multiple victims that were in that crowd that were also experiencing medical emergencies around the facility, Brackett said in a CNBC report.
Sheriff s deputies, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the state fire marshal were investigating the deaths and cause of the leak.
As January comes to a close, employees with Elevation Fitness in Gainesville have noticed that not as many people are acting on their New Years resolutions this year. Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic is to blame.
Over 12,000 people have died so far from COVID-19 in Georgia, and hundreds are still in Northeast Georgia Health System facilities for treatment, so it is not surprising that people may be delaying their fitness resolution.
Nicole Geringer with Elevation Fitness said business has been slow, but it is slowly picking up. Once the vaccine is more readily available to people and the numbers begin to go down, I think more and more people will be comfortable in coming out, Geringer said.