HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT) – Firefighters have cleared the scene of a large fire at an egg plant in Bremen.
Officials say this happened at Cal-Maine Foods in the early morning hours of October 1. Dispatch states as of 2:10 p.m., the scene has been cleared.
Matthew Lile, Deputy Fire Chief of the Bremen Fire Department, stated a chicken house was a loss. Lile stated the structure was two stories and around 100,000 chickens were lost. According to Lile, their first call came in at 1:05 a.m. with the last unit departing at 1:30 p.m. Lile also stated the cause of the fire is undetermined at this time.
Chocolate factory ignored worker concerns before blast that killed 7,
Palmer is a low end choclate that appears every holiday.
A Pennsylvania candy maker did not evacuate workers even after some reported smelling gas before an explosion that killed seven employees in March, the Department of Labor said on Thursday.The agency's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found in its investigation that the company, R.M. Palmer, did not have workers exit its manufacturing plant even after some voiced worries about what the Occupational Safety and Health Administration later determined was a natural gas leak."Seven workers will never return home because the R.M. Palmer Co. did not evacuate the facility after bring told of a suspected gas leak,"
"Seven workers will never return home because the R.M. Palmer Co. did not evacuate the facility after bring told of a suspected gas leak," OSHA Area Director Kevin Chambers in Harrisburg, Pa., said in a statement. "The company could have prevented this horrific tragedy by following required safety procedures."
An additional 10 workers were injured in the explosion, which leveled a building in the factory complex and damaged several other buildings in West Reading, Pa., a small town 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
Breman egg plant fire scene cleared (KY)
100,000 chickens
HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT) – Firefighters have cleared the scene of a large fire at an egg plant in Bremen.
Officials say this happened at Cal-Maine Foods in the early morning hours of October 1. Dispatch states as of 2:10 p.m., the scene has been cleared.
Matthew Lile, Deputy Fire Chief of the Bremen Fire Department, stated a chicken house was a loss. Lile stated the structure was two stories and around 100,000 chickens were lost. According to Lile, their first call came in at 1:05 a.m. with the last unit departing at 1:30 p.m. Lile also stated the cause of the fire is undetermined at this time.
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Chocolate factory ignored worker concerns before blast that killed 7,
Palmer is a low end choclate that appears every holiday.
A Pennsylvania candy maker did not evacuate workers even after some reported smelling gas before an explosion that killed seven employees in March, the Department of Labor said on Thursday.The agency's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found in its investigation that the company, R.M. Palmer, did not have workers exit its manufacturing plant even after some voiced worries about what the Occupational Safety and Health Administration later determined was a natural gas leak."Seven workers will never return home because the R.M. Palmer Co. did not evacuate the facility after bring told of a suspected gas leak,"
"Seven workers will never return home because the R.M. Palmer Co. did not evacuate the facility after bring told of a suspected gas leak," OSHA Area Director Kevin Chambers in Harrisburg, Pa., said in a statement. "The company could have prevented this horrific tragedy by following required safety procedures."
An additional 10 workers were injured in the explosion, which leveled a building in the factory complex and damaged several other buildings in West Reading, Pa., a small town 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
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