The Hamlet chicken processing plant fire was an industrial disaster that took place at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina, USA on September 3, 1991, after a failure in a faulty modification to a hydraulic line. Twenty-five people were killed and 54 injured in the fire as they were trapped behind locked fire doors.

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  • The Hamlet chicken processing plant fire was an industrial disaster that took place at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina, USA on September 3, 1991, after a failure in a faulty modification to a hydraulic line. Twenty-five people were killed and 54 injured in the fire as they were trapped behind locked fire doors. Due to a lack of inspectors, the plant had never received a safety inspection in 11 years of operation, and it is thought that a single inspection would have easily prevented the incident. A full federal investigation was launched, which resulted in the owner receiving a 20-year prison sentence, and the company received the highest fines ever handed out in the history of North Carolina. The investigation resulted in a number of worker safety laws being passed. Accusations of racism were leveled at both the fire service and the city of Hamlet in the aftermath of the fire. The latter dispute, concerning a memorial service organized by the city, resulted in two separate, near-identical monuments being erected. The plant was never reopened. The fire was North Carolina's worst industrial disaster. It was reported to be America's worst industrial disaster, but several were worse, including the 1947 Texas City disaster, the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, and the 1860 Pemberton Mill collapse. (Mining disasters are in a separate category. Fifty-three miners died in 1925 in North Carolina in the Coal Glen mine disaster.)
  • O Incêndio da fábrica de processamento Hamlet foi um desastre industrial que ocorreu na fábrica de tratamento de frango da Imperial Foods, em Hamlet, Carolina do Norte, EUA em 3 setembro de 1991 após uma falha em uma modificação defeituosa para uma linha hidráulica. Vinte e cinco pessoas morreram e 54 ficaram feridas por estarem presas atrás de portas anti fogo fechadas. Devido a falta de inspetores, a fábrica não era inspecionada em 11 anos de operação, e é pensado que o incêndio poderia ter sido evitado por uma única inspeção. Uma investigação federal foi feita, que resultou na sentença de 20 anos de prisão para o dono da fábrica e a empresa recebeu as maiores multas da história da Carolina do Norte. A investigação também apontou falhas na aplicação de normas de segurança, que resultou em um desrespeito às leis de segurança do trabalhador. Acusações de racismo foram niveladas no corpo de bombeiros e na cidade de Hamlet após o incêndio. Mais tarde, dois monumentos foram eregidos em homenagem a esse fato. A fábrica nunca mais for reaberta.
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  • O Incêndio da fábrica de processamento Hamlet foi um desastre industrial que ocorreu na fábrica de tratamento de frango da Imperial Foods, em Hamlet, Carolina do Norte, EUA em 3 setembro de 1991 após uma falha em uma modificação defeituosa para uma linha hidráulica. Vinte e cinco pessoas morreram e 54 ficaram feridas por estarem presas atrás de portas anti fogo fechadas.
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