6 Poultry Workers Died From A Nitrogen Leak. OSHA Has Issued $1 Million In Fines

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OSHA has announced 59 citations and nearly $1 million in penalties after an investigation into a nitrogen leak at a poultry processing plant that killed six workers and injured at least a dozen others earlier this year.

Workers had just begun their shift at the Foundation Food Group plant in Gainesville, Ga., when a freezer malfunctioned, releasing colorless, odorless nitrogen into the air, according to the Labor Department. The liquid nitrogen is used to freeze chicken. Six workers died of asphyxiation.

"Make no mistake. This was a very preventable tragedy," said Labor Secretary Marty Walsh.