Lab Settles With OSHA After Explosion
T2 Agrees To Pay Lesser Fine
POSTED: Wednesday, April 8, 2009
UPDATED: 7:25 pm EDT April 8,
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The company that owns T2 Laboratory on the Northside has reached a settlement with the federal agency investigating a fatal explosion.Four people died and 30 others were injured by the December 2007 blast at T2 Labs.Investigators said the explosion had the power of a ton of dynamite and could be felt for miles around.Last year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company for several violations and imposed a fine of $17,000.Now, T2 has settled with OSHA, agreeing to pay an $8,000 penalty and OSHA agreed to withdraw some of the charges.The U.S. Chemical Safety Board conducted some small-scale re-enactments of the blast, but it has yet to pinpoint exactly what went wrong and caused the explosion.
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Previous Stories:
- June 19, 2008: OSHA Cites Chemical Plant In Fatal Blast
- January 4, 2008: Report: T2 Labs Blast Equal To Ton Of TNT
- December 28, 2007: Chemical Reactor Rupture Suspected In Fatal Lab Explosion, Safety Board Says
- December 27, 2007: Surveillance Video Shows Force Of Explosion
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