The North Carolina Division of Air Quality fined Mountaire Farms Inc. $27,410 for improper actions resulting in the fatal release of ammonia in June of 2009. According to wral.com the release of ammonia caused 40 North Carolina workers to evacuate. One employee died in the incident and four workers were injured. Mountaire lacked a complete risk management program for handling ammonia, though regulators had previously cited and fined the company for that just the previous year. The fine was the largest allowed for the violation. Last year the North Carolina Department of Labor fined Mountaire $73,325 for safety violations that contributed to the leak.The full wral report is here: http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/6970729/Contact Kevin Bunn, NC workers' comp attorney, for more information about the rights of injured workers under the North Carolina workers' compensation system. Mr. Bunn handles workers' compensation cases before the NC Industrial Commission across North Carolina, including Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Rocky Mount, Greenville, Wilmington and Fayetteville.
