Deadly liquid nitrogen leak at US poultry plant prompts $1m in fines
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Rebecca Trager2021-08-02T15:56:00
Georgia chicken processing facility, its gas supplier and cleaners failed to implement safety procures that could have saved six lives
An accidental liquid nitrogen release at a chicken processing plant in Georgia, US, killed six workers and hospitalised at least a dozen others in January. Following an investigation, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Osha) has now levied nearly $1 million (£725,000) in penalties against the facility’s owner, Food Foundation Group, industrial gas supplier Messer, cleaning services company Packers Sanitation, and equipment and maintenance supplier FS Group