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Nearly three years later, federal safety board releases report on nitrogen leak that killed six

Two Hall County Firefighters enter a back door Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, at Foundation Food Group. A day earlier six people were killed following a liquid nitrogen leak at the plant. - photo by Scott Rogers

01302021 FOUNDATION 4.jpg — Two Hall County Firefighters enter a back door Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, at Foundation Food Group. A day earlier six people were killed following a liquid nitrogen leak at the plant. - photo by Scott Rogers

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board chairman said the “needless and senseless tragedy was completely preventable.”