Official: System in deadly nitrogen leak recently installed
Investigations are ongoing into the cause of a deadly nitrogen leak that killed six workers and injured a dozen others at Foundation Food Group in Gainesville Thursday. According to Katherine Lemos, Chairman and Chief Executive of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, major portions of the plant’s liquid nitrogen interior and exterior systems were installed and commissioned in the past four to six weeks.
Chemical Safety Board investigators have been at the site since Thursday and have begun evaluating equipment that could have played a role in the leak. Lemos said the agency will not speculate on the cause of the leak, and that a full investigation could take several years.
If you have seen some 6’ tall buttons when you were driving around Gwinnett County, you may have wondered exactly what that’s all about. If you haven’t seen them, it won’t be long before you will.
Button Art is a non-profit organization committed to bringing creativity to Gwinnett County and further the love of public art. So, as part of that mission, they are working with the community to install art installations in the form of a button.
“It’s our job to create and manage and install these six-foot tall button shapes with original artwork on each of them throughout the county,” says Amanda Shelnutt, arts collaboration director with Button Art.