NORWOOD - One man is dead, and another is in the hospital after an ammonia leak at a food processing facility on Morgan Drive in Norwood.
Truck driver Jarret Bennett could smell the ammonia while he was parked out back, making a delivery to Home Market Foods Monday morning. Once he heard the fire alarm and saw a man run out of the building, he knew something was wrong.
"Strong, strong, strong odor," Bennett said. "He was on his knees, vomiting blood. His shoulder is messed up, seemed like he fell off of something."
That man was rushed to the hospital and is now at Mass General getting specialized care. Another man was wheeled out on a stretcher, pronounced dead from the ammonia leak at the facility. The man who died has been identified as 68-year-old Richard Arguin of Dighton.
The two men were outside contractors working at the building. Dozens of other employees were evacuated from the fresh and frozen meat facility.
Investigators from the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office, OSHA and the State Fire Marshal have been on scene all day. They say it's too early to tell what happened, but so far believe this was likely an accident.
"While the initial investigation, including review of video surveillance from within the facility, does not provide indications of foul play in the man's death, the investigation is in its very beginning stages," the Norfolk County DA's Office said.
It happened at about 11 a.m. Monday morning, but ammonia levels were so high, only hazmat teams have been inside the building. Firefighters and investigators will return Tuesday morning.
Stuck here as his truck is inside the investigation scene, Jarrett Bennett feels for the worker who lost his life.
"I feel bad. I feel bad for the man you know," Bennett said. "Coming here to do a job, and he lost his life. At the end of the year around the holidays. That's sad."
About 150 employees were evacuated during the leak. None of them will be allowed back to work until the building is deemed safe.
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