I am unsure how to be any louder or more straightforward to the food industry regarding their “Tunnel Freezers.” A lot of folks are aware of the Chemical Safety Board’s investigation into the food plant accident that claimed the lives of 5 workers and injured dozens more. But did you know there was a DOUBLE fatality accident in December 2020, a month before, involving a very similar freezer and consequences?
The one in December actually had gas detection in place, as required by the State Fire Code (CA was the state); however, “the chill/production room emergency alarms, Oxygen Deficiency monitor did not provide a warning to the employees of an oxygen-deficient atmosphere.”