Dec 23, 2020

OSHA continues investigation of ammonia leak at Kan. plant

Posted Dec 23, 2020 9:25 PM

By ROD ZOOK
Hutch Post

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — An investigation continues by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration into an industrial accident at the Hutchinson Tyson plant last month.

An official with the OSHA offices in Wichita confirmed they were investigating the accident but could not give a time line as to when the investigation will be completed.

It was just before 8:30 a.m. November 20 that emergency crews were called to the Tyson Prepared Foods facility at 521 S. Main.

According to the Hutchinson Fire Department, a group of contractors were working on the refrigeration system when ammonia was released. 

Two workers were injured, one of them seriously.