Tar Heel Smithfield plant employee killed in workplace accident
TAR HEEL — An employee of the Smithfield Packing Plant in Bladen County was killed Tuesday in a workplace accident, according to the N.C. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health division.The name of the employee, who worked in the plant at 15855 N.C. 87 in Tar Heel, was not immediately available.”The employee was struck in the head by a cylinder while trying to remove a bent wheel from a chain drive. The employee switched the airline hoses to relieve […]
