On December 19, 2007, a runaway chemical reaction during the production of a gasoline additive destroyed T2 Laboratories in Jacksonville, Florida, killing four people and injuring 32 others. The blast, equivalent to about 1400 pounds of TNT, damaged buildings and injured office workers hundreds of feet away.
No Way Down: Chemical Release at Wacker Polysilicon
A CSB safety video on the investigation into the fatal release of hydrogen chloride at the Wacker Polysilicon North America...