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On June 9, 2009 a contractor from Energy Systems Analysts (ESA) was installing an industrial water heater at the ConAgra plant. The ESA worker attempted to purge the air out of a three-inch pipe meant to supply natural gas to the heater, using natural gas. As per ESA's typical practices, the worker vented the purged gases into the utility room ...
This explosion was directly responsible for an amendment to the National Fuel Gas Code prohibiting fuel gas piping systems in large buildings from being purged indoors. [66] On March 3, 2010, ConAgra announced that the Garner plant would close in approximately 18 months, and Slim Jim production would be moved to a plant located in Troy, Ohio. [67]
Conagra bought Goodmark in 1998. [6] Until 2009, the former Jones Sausage plant in Garner, North Carolina was the only facility in the world which produced Slim Jims. [7] [8] The product Levis created is different from the one produced since the 1990s, with Lon Adams (1925–2020) [9] developing the current Slim Jim recipe while working for ...
Conagra Brands is facing six lawsuits, with plaintiffs linking exploding cans of cooking sprays to massive fireballs and severe injuries.
The 2010 Connecticut power plant explosion occurred at the Kleen Energy Systems power station in Middletown, Connecticut, United States at 11:17 am EST on February 7, 2010. The plant had been under construction from September 2007, [ 2] and was scheduled to start supplying energy in June 2010. [ 3]
Thousands of people living within a mile of a burning fertilizer plant in North Carolina remained under threat for a second straight day, with the potential for chemical explosions still looming.
In February 2022, an on-site explosion at the refinery left six people injured, according to local media. Eight months later, two employees sustained injuries during another fire.
June 9, 2009: The 2009 ConAgra Foods plant explosion, when a natural gas explosion at the ConAgra Foods Slim Jim production facility in Garner, North Carolina, United States killed four people and triggered an ammonia leak. [37] September 2013: The Honolulu molasses spill – In September 2013, 1,400 tons of molasses spilled into Honolulu Harbor.