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February 17, 2021

Meat Plant Workers Suffer Discrimination for Seeking Healthcare, Compensation After Nitrogen Leak
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In Georgia, meat plant workers who survived a deadly liquid nitrogen
leak at a Gainesville poultry processing plant last month say they are
being discriminated against and intimidated as they try to file
compensation claims and get medical care. Six people were killed and
nearly a dozen others were hospitalized at the plant, which is owned by
the Foundation Food Group. Most of the workers in Gainesville's meat
processing plants are Latinx


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