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Contractor killed at Butterball plant in Duplin County

A worker died Thursday in an accident at a plant in eastern North Carolina.

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WITN staff
DUPLIN COUNTY, N.C. — A worker died Thursday in an accident at a plant in eastern North Carolina.

The Department of Labor reported a death at the Butterball plant on Garner Chapel Road in Duplin County.

WITN reports a contractor was killed. The state Occupational Safety and Health Division has opened an investigation into the worker’s death.

No other details were available.

In January, a car wash employee died when she became trapped inside the western North Carolina wash.