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Incompatible Chemicals: Explosion at AB Specialty Silicones

USCSB 875,841 3 years ago
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A CSB safety video about the May 3, 2019, reactive chemistry incident at the AB Specialty Silicones manufacturing facility in Waukegan, Illinois. Two incompatible chemicals were mixed and reacted, producing flammable hydrogen gas that ignited, causing a massive explosion that killed four workers.

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