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CSB report.(Illinois)(Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board)(Brief article)

By Cable, Josh
Publication: Occupational Hazards
Date: Tuesday, May 1 2007

According to a Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) report, mixture overheating, inadequate plant design and the lack of an emergency action plan led to a contract delivery driver being killed and two other workers being injured in a June 2006 explosion and fire at the Bellwood, Ill., Universal Form Clamp Co. plant.

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