Inspectors find exits blocked after leak at chicken processing plant.

[napi21]

Exit doors blocked by machinery and products. Emergency lights needing repair. Exit signs not illuminated.

These were some of the issues listed in Foundation Food Group’s inspection report by the Hall County Fire Marshal’s Office performed days after a nitrogen leak that left six dead and sent 12 people total to the hospital.


“Multiple exit doors and egress pathways are blocked by machinery and product,” according to the inspection report. “The exits and egress pathways must be free from obstructions.” Photos attached to the report show stacks of products several feet high.

The hood suppression system in one of the cooking areas, which is intended to extinguish cooking



fires, expired in May, according to the report.

One fire extinguisher was missing an inspection tag, according to the report.

Five citations were written by the fire marshal’s office for the issues listed in the report with an order to appear Wednesday, Feb. 10, in Magistrate Court.

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I thought this kind of illegal treatment of employees was gone & that employers had learned ot to do it. Wel, I'm wrong again! I HOPE these greedy employers are forced to pay dearly for their obvious disregard for human life!

[Wounded Bear]

1. They should be shut down...

we need to get tough on these scofflaws when it comes to worker safety. Between local Fire Marshals and OSHA, some shit needs to fly here.

[packman]

2. Where in the hell were the "inspectors" before the incident

Didn't they - or don't they- have required inspections on a regular schedule?

[napi21]

3. The regular inspection was due this March. My guess is they clean everything up right before the

inspection & they weren't expecting it yet.

[2naSalit]

4. Don't forget what the past four years has done...

to all agencies. There weren't enough inspectors to begin with and the -45 dismantling program cut the size and influence of the inspection corps. So all offenders were emboldened, especially meat packing plants after the pandemic began.

[spanone]

5. Yep, they destroyed many regulations that kept workers safe.

[MerryBlooms]

6. trump and QOP starved our Gov. agencies of money and leadership for 4 years.

Reprehensible. More blood on the hands of the QOP.