An ammonia leak at a poultry processing plant in North Carolina killed one employee and injured half a dozen more over the weekend. It’s the second high-profile workplace accident at a North Carolina food processing facility in recent weeks.
Saturday’s ammonia leak at the Mountaire Farms poultry plant in Lumber Ridge, North Carolina killed 49 year-old mechanic Clifton Swain, injured at least six of his co-workers, and caused the evacuation of as many as 40 employees. Ammonia was released through a break in a high-pressure refrigeration line at the facility, which employs 2,500 workers, according to the North Carolina News & Observer.
The accident at the Mountaire Farms facility is the second large-scale workplace mishap at a food processing plant in North Carolina in recent weeks. On June 9, a natural gas explosion at a ConAgra food processing facility in Garner killed three employees and injured dozens more. Investigators believe that accident may have been triggered by a gas leak from a water heater that was being installed at the facility. Learn more: ConAgra Contractor Sued Over Plant Explosion.
In fact, the ConAgra explosion in Garner is currently keeping the U.S. Chemical Safety Board from investigating the Mountaire Farms accident, according to a story from WRAL Raleigh-Durham. The Chemical Safety Board , which investigates chemical accidents and works to improve chemical safety at the workplace, “has 20 investigators to cover the entire country,” with “10 or 11 open investigations, including the June 9 explosion at the ConAgra Foods plant in Garner,” according to WRAL.
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