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Records show lengthy battle between Foundation Food Group, OSHA over facility inspection after fatal nitrogen leak
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Six people were killed following a liquid nitrogen leak at Foundation Food Group in Gainesville on Thursday, authorities said. Five were found dead and another died at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, according to hospital spokesman Sean Couch. - photo by Scott Rogers
A Gainesville company claims an Occupational Safety and Health Administration officer is “harassing” and threatening arrest for not complying with a warrant it says is overbroad. The agency’s officers have told the federal court that the company is creating roadblocks to their investigation. This has been the past three months as Foundation Food Group and OSHA have waged legal battle over warrants to inspect the processing plant’s facilities following the nitrogen leak in January that killed six people.