2 Workers Die from Processing Plant Explosion Injuries

Two workers who were inured in an explosion August 10 at the DAR PRO Solutions processing plant in Mississippi have died.

51-year-old William Jackson and 56-year-old Terrence Fortenberry died from complications from thermal burns they suffered in the explosion, according to Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart. Jackson died Thursday evening, Fortenberry died Friday.

DAR PRO Solutions collects and recycles used cooking oil and inedible meat by-products. The plant had been cited by The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for three “serious” violations in 2017. An investigation was being conducted.