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Two employees killed at Fayetteville plant
WRAL ^ | September 12, 2021 3:54 p.m. EDT

Posted on 09/12/2021 6:53:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin

An employee at the plant told WRAL News that, working in these settings can be risk. The employee, who asked to not be identified, said it's likely the two employees found unresponsive were exposed to hydrogen sulfide while working in the pit. High exposures to the gas can be extremely dangerous, and even deadly, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

"Every single employee has an H2S [hydrogen sulfide] monitor that will start beeping if it detects H2S in the air, and the faster it beeps, the higher the content," explained the Valley Proteins employee.

The Valley Proteins employee said workers knew something was wrong Sunday when an employee tried to radio in and didn't receive a response.

(Excerpt) Read more at wral.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: fayetteville; h2s; hydrogensulfide; northcarolina; valleyproteins
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Months? For that? They just put little cover sheets over pictures of mass graves.


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