SAFETY IS MORE than satisfying OSHA compliance – IT IS ALL ABOUT PEOPLE! ConAgra closing Garner plant, hundreds left unemployed ConAgra stopped production at its Garner facility this past Friday, extinguishing about 750 jobs since the explosion – the shutdown comes after a deadly explosion at the Slim Jim plant in 2009 that killed four people – ConAgra had been a part of the community for well over 40 years.