Georgia Today

Gainesville Poultry Plant Tragedy Illuminates Unseen Workers

Feb 5, 2021 · 23 min · 34.2 MB
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A liquid nitrogen leak last week at a poultry processing plant in Gainesville killed six people and injured a dozen others. The tragedy brought into focus an industry that's lightly regulated and heavily staffed by undocumented workers. On Georgia Today, Richard Fausset of The New York Times talks about the tragedy in the self-professed “Poultry Capital of the World.”