ConAgra Safety Violations to Prompt New Rules

According to WRAL.com, next month the U.S. Chemical Safety Board will present findings of its investigation into the devastating ConAgra Foods explosion last in Raleigh last June.  The meeting will be at 6 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Raleigh Sheraton Hotel, at 421 S. Salisbury St. in Raleigh.  Recommendations are expected to follow.Three North Carolina workers died in the exploson and many others were seriously burned.  Hundreds of workers lost their jobs when the plant shut down, then reopened with fewer employees.  According to WRAL, investigators with the Chemical Safety Board and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said last summer that the explosion was caused by a improperly vented natural gas.  For more information about this story go http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/6811745/. For more information about NC workers' compensation or for a free consultation with a North Carolina workers' comp lawyer please browse our site or click the link above.