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Rubber plant explosion injures employee

12 October 2011

The person burned in an explosion at a rubber manufacturing plant is expected to recover from his injuries.

The explosion happened at Philadelphia-based Smooth-On Inc. The company’s President, Trey Bianco, has revealed that the employee was using solvent to clean a mixing vessel when static electricity caused the chemical to flash.


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