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Another day, another fire at a food processing plant. One person is dead and several injured after an explosion at a poultry plant in Georgia. An explosion at Tyson Foods Plant in southwest Georgia overnight killed a woman sleeping in the cab of an 18-wheeler parked next to the facility. Several people were injured in the explosion. According to reports, a fire raged at the plant for 3 hours after the explosion. The union representing 1,600 workers at the Tyson plant said a boiler exploded. “We extend our deepest condolences to their family and friends during this difficult time. Right...

131 EXPOSED IN GREENVILLE The number of workers exposed to tuberculosis at a Greenville, S.C., chicken plant has grown to 131, but state health officials cautioned Tuesday only one is suspected of having an active form of the infectious disease. The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control began testing employees at the House of Raeford Farms plant late last month after the agency was told about the infected worker. So far, 286 employees who have been in contact with the worker have been tested. The percentage of positive cases is believed to be high because many of the plant's...