Authorities are investigating a Monday morning, Dec. 19, anhydrous ammonia leak at Home Market Foods, a food processing facility in Norfolk, Mass., that killed a 68-year-old HVAC contractor. Another contractor was sent to the hospital.
Employees were evacuated, and it was not until late Tuesday, Dec. 20, that levels were adjudged safe for re-entry into the building, according to NBC, which also reported the leak was attributed to a severed pipe that led to a 21,000 pound tank. It was not immediately known how much of the product leaked.