Safety Speak: New Information Released on the Fatal Poultry Plant Gas Leak in Georgia

Episode 54

Safety Speak: New Information Released on the Fatal Poultry Plant Gas Leak in Georgia

Editor Sydny Shepard goes over the newest information from the Chemical Safety Board on the gas leak at a Georgia poultry plant that killed 6 people.

On this Safety Speak episode of the podcast, we will discuss OSHA’s latest news to update the Hazard Communication Standard, the investigation into a poultry plant gas leak that killed 6 people and injured 12 more as well as a look into calls on OSHA and the CDC to issue Guidance on Preventing Occupational Exposures Due to Aerosol Transmission of COVID-19.

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About the Author

Sydny Shepard is the former editor of Occupational Health & Safety.

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