Paint Manufacturing Explosion
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Paint Manufacturing Explosion
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Paint Manufacturing ExplosionA Midwest paint manufacturing company experienced a Wednesday afternoon explosion in one of its mixing buildings while cleaning up after a 500-gallon batch of paint that had somehow gone bad. The paint contained the flammable solvents hexane and tetrahydrofuran. |  |
| A witness testified that the ignition source
for the Wednesday explosion was the starting of a propane-fired forklift. Two
men were seriously injured and hospitalized in this Wednesday explosion. One worker
later died from his injuries. Just a few days later, on Saturday, the paint company
decided to make another batch of paint using the same chemicals and the same equipment,
but this time with a new and inexperienced team. As might be expected, there was
another explosion that sent three workers to the hospital. The workers and their
families sued the paint company. The Chemaxx role was to determine the cause and
origin of both explosions as well as develop opinions about the role of the employer.
The issue of Substantial Certainty was also addressed as were many other issues
(OSHA, MSDSs, etc.). Dr. Fox is an explosion expert, fire expert, and chemical expert with extensive experience in OSHA, EPA and DOT chemical regulations and chemical safety. ©2006 CHEMAXX, INC
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