From: Russell Vernon <russellnvernon**At_Symbol_Here**gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Liquid nitrogen leak at Georgia poultry plant kills 6
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 15:19:16 -0800
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Wow, where'd you hear the 911 call?
What a horrible way to die

On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 2:41 PM Eugene Ngai <eugene_ngai**At_Symbol_Here**comcast.net> wrote:

Based on this from the 911 operator it was obviously a major line or system failure that quickly overwhelmed anyone nearby

The operator advised the caller not to touch the liquid nitrogen for their safety.

"I've got two that are cold, it feels like they're gone," he said. "I've got one that's got a body temperature that's quite cold. It seems like they're freezing."

During the call, the plant was being evacuated. Screams could be heard in the background.

"I'm standing with a guy who's been frozen by liquid nitrogen. He=E2=80™s barely breathing," he said.

The operator walked him through CPR, and eventually, 10 minutes into the call, Hoover said that a firefighter had taken over the treating the worker.

Eugene Ngai

Chemically Speaking LLC

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Subject: RE: [DCHAS-L] Liquid nitrogen leak at Georgia poultry plant kills 6

Probably had one. Given the number of fatalities and injuries, my guess was that it was a huge liquid leak that quickly overwhelmed anyone nearby. O2 sensor would have been useless. Only takes one brather and you go down. Since liquid N2 is cold the vapors will be at ground level where they are. Am trying to get details on this incident

Eugene Ngai

Chemically Speaking LLC

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From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU> On Behalf Of Reinhardt, Peter
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 6:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Liquid nitrogen leak at Georgia poultry plant kills 6

How much does an oxygen sensor/alarm cost? -- Pete

From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU> on behalf of Rob Torkei <info**At_Symbol_Here**ILPI.COM>
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Date: Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 5:12 PM
To: "DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU" <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Liquid nitrogen leak at Georgia poultry plant kills 6

Wow. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/liquid-nitrogen-leak-georgia-poultry-plant-kills-75543081

GAINESVILLE, Ga, -- A liquid nitrogen leak at a northeast Georgia poultry plant killed six people Thursday, with multiple others taken to the hospital, officials said.

At least three of those injured at the Foundation Food Group plant in Gainesville were reported in critical condition.

Poultry plants rely on refrigeration systems that can include liquid nitrogen. Firefighters, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the state fire marshal were investigating the cause of the leak.

"It was a leak of unknown cause that has occurred in the system here," Hall County Fire Department Division Chief Zach Brackett said. "We still have a lot of information we're trying to gather from the scene."

Foundation Food Group Vice President for Human Resources Nicholas Ancrum called the leak a tragic accident and said early indications are that a nitrogen line ruptured in the facility.

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