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A fatal nitrogen leak that killed six workers at a Gainesville chicken plant in 2021 was exacerbated by an “inadequate emergency preparedness.”

US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 5,333 workers died on the job in 2019, or one every 99 minutes The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), an agency within the US Department of Labor (DOL), reported last month that 5,333 US workers died due to workplace injuries in 2019, an increase of 2 percent from the previous year. This is the highest number of workplace deaths in the United States since 2007. This grisly figure has been steadily rising since a temporary decline during the 2008-2009 rece...

Immigrant rights groups in Georgia are calling for stronger worker protections after a nitrogen leak at a poultry plant in North Georgia killed six people and injured about a dozen others.  The plant has had several workplace violations over the past several years, according to records from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The latest includes two amputations in 2017. “At the same facility, there was a lack of goggles,” says Shelly Anand, executive director of Sur Legal Co...

On Jan 28, six poultry workers died as a result of a liquid nitrogen leak at the Foundation Foods poultry plant, formerly known as Prime Pak, in Gaine

A liquid nitrogen leak at a food-processing plant killed six people in the US city of Atlanta.

By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support local journalism. 6 killed after liquid nitrogen leak at Prime Pak in Gainesville, more than 130 others being treated, evaluated The Hall County Sheriffs Office has a roadway blocked at Centennial Circle and Centennial Drive Jan. 28, 2021, following a hazmat situation on Memorial Park Drive. All of Memorial Park Drive is shut down, Gainesville Police reported. -...

Gainesville, Georgia, food plant deaths: 6 people killed after liquid nitrogen leak CNN 1/29/2021 © WGCL Six workers were killed and several others were taken to a hospital after a liquid nitrogen leak Thursday at a poultry processing plant in Gainesville, Georgia, officials said. Fire crews from Hall County and Gainesville responded to a report of burns at the Foundation Foods facility -- formerly Prime Pak Foods -- around 10:12 a.m. on Thursday, said Zachary Brackett of Hall County Fire...

A liquid nitrogen leak at a poultry plant in the US state of Georgia killed six people Thursday, with multiple others taken to the hospital, officials said. Beth Downs, a spokesperson for Northeast Georgia Health System, said five people died at the Gainesville plant before they could be taken to the hospital, while one person died in the emergency room. Hall County Fire Department Division Chief Zach Brackett said firefighters responded to the leak after 10am at Prime Pak Foods. “Once the un...