LODI (CBS13) – Cal/OSHA says they’ve opened an investigation into the death of an employee at the Delta Packing Co. facility in Lodi this week.
The incident happened on Tuesday. According to Cal/OSHA, six Salinas Farm Labor Contractor employees were sent to the hospital from the facility that evening.
READ MORE: How We Got Addicted To Using Q-Tips The Wrong WayThe employees were working in an area where ammonia gas was leaking, authorities say.
One of the employees died at the hospital. Cal/OSHA says that employee had been reportedly feeling sick when emergency services were called.
READ MORE: California's New Late Start Law Aims To Make School Less Of A YawnThe other five employees were later released from the hospital uninjured.
Cal/OSHA is now investigating the incident.
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