Employees of Festive Chicken, in Olifantsfontein, are expected to return to work on Thursday, after Wednesday afternoon’s ammonia leak.
Twenty four (24) employees of Festive Chicken, in Olifantsfontein, were hospitalised on Wednesday, after ER24 and the Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG), were called to the factory.
Eric Maloka, Spokesperson of Emergency Services in Ekurhuleni, said a pressure-release valve had a technical failure.
He also said upon finding this out, the company evacuated its employees from the plant as a precautionary measure.
He also said “according to the site’s engineering manager, the highest ammonia concentration recorded during testing was 222 parts per million (ppm). Subsequent testing conducted at approximately 19:45 indicated that ammonia levels had dropped to zero.”
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