LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina has fined a poultry processing plant where an employee died in June more than $70,000 for health and safety violations.
The Fayetteville Observer reports Wednesday the state Department of Labor found 22 violations - 20 of them considered serious.
Citations of the Mountaire Farms plant in Lumber Bridge include inadequate training of mechanics and emergency response employees.
The civil penalties issued Tuesday total $73,325.
Maintenance worker Clifton Swain of Fayetteville was killed when a high-pressure refrigerant line ruptured June 20.
Four others were injured. The 48-year-old Air Force retiree had worked there since 2001.
In a statement, the company said it cooperated with the investigation and will work closely with authorities.
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