How to help those affected by liquid nitrogen leak at Foundation Food Group in Gainesville Candles and flowers are left along Centennial Drive near Foundation Food Group Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in memory of the six who died from a nitrogen leak at the plant. - photo by Scott Rogers
Several efforts have been set up to help the families of the six people killed and others injured in the Jan. 28 nitrogen leak at Foundation Food Group in Gainesville.
One of the first efforts organized was a GoFundMe account is to “support the medical, legal and family expenses of impacted families,” according to the page.
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“It will be a lengthy process,” Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch said. “It’s not something that’s quick.”
Foundation Food Group Vice President for Human Resources Nicholas Ancrum called the leak a tragic accident and said early indications are that a nitrogen line ruptured in the facility.
When leaked into the air, liquid nitrogen vaporizes into an odorless gas that’s capable of displacing oxygen. That means leaks in enclosed spaces can become deadly by pushing away breathable air, according to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board.
Gainesville is the hub of Georgia s poultry industry, which is the largest in the country. Thousands of employees work across multiple processing plants around the city and much of the workforce, like in many meat processing plants nationwide, is Latino.
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Hall County Fire Services Zach Brackett speaks at a news conference following a liquid nitrogen leak that killed six people at Prime Pak Foods, a poultry plant, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in Gainesville, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) January 28, 2021 - 7:30 PM
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A liquid nitrogen leak at a northeast Georgia poultry plant killed six people Thursday and sent 11 others to the hospital, officials said.
At least three of those injured at the Foundation Food Group plant in Gainesville were reported in critical condition.
Poultry plants rely on refrigeration systems that can include liquid nitrogen. 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.
GAINESVILLE, Ga, (AP) â A liquid nitrogen leak at a northeast Georgia poultry plant 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 and one person died in the emergency room.
Hall County Fire Department Division Chief Zach Brackett said firefighters responded to the leak at Prime Pak Foods just after 10 a.m.
âOnce 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 told reporters in a televised news briefing.