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Safety Panel Cites Errors in Blast at Chemical Plant [1]

The explosion that tore through the Bayer CropScience chemical plant here last August, killing two employees, was an easily avoidable accident caused by management decisions and human error, a federal agency said Thursday.

A House subcommittee held a hearing Tuesday on a fatal blast at a West Virginia chemical plant.

Publication Date: 
24/04/2009
New York Times (New York) [2]
Tags:
Chemical Industry [3], Chemical Leakages [4], Hazardous Industry [5]
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