[quote]GRANITE CITY, IL (KTVI) – Two people were killed and a third was injured in a Granite City explosion at a recycling business. Officials say a mortar blew up outside of a building at Totall Metal Recycling. Granite City Police Major Jeff Connor said, “The scene evaluation determined some type of mortar round appeared to be a cause of the explosion with this information it was determined the area was unsafe.”[/quote]
[quote]Another brother who had worked at the company criticized the way it operated. Ryan Cerentano said, “There’s a lot of unsafe there.” OSHA SAID in 2011 and 20 12 the agency cited the company for lead exposure and respiratory problems. The feds say the company fixed the problems[/quote]
[url=http://fox2now.com/2014/08/25/2-killed-following-plant-explosion-granite-city/]Source[/url]
wait can anyone explain how a mortar even got in there? sure the place may have been unsafe but the explosives clearly were the problem not the lead paint
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[quote]The company recycles all sorts of stuff including ammunition and military devices however a company spokeswoman says t[B]hose items are expected to arrive inert, or safe.[/B] Police said this is not a criminal investigation. Police Chief Rich Hill said, “The incident occurred like any other industrial accident.”[/quote]
ah so someone is so going to loose their job
Fuck, made me think some redneck decided to fuck with people. This recycling center takes in inert military explosives to recycle, just this one wasn't inert :\
Fucking shame.
[editline]26th August 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=Sableye;45804634]wait can anyone explain how a mortar even got in there? sure the place may have been unsafe but the explosives clearly were the problem not the lead paint
[editline]26th August 2014[/editline]
ah so someone is so going to loose their job[/QUOTE]
At least it won't be anyone at the plant unless they specifically set it off. If anyone it's the military EOD that will lose or severely discipline someone.
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At least it won't be anyone at the plant unless they specifically set it off. If anyone it's the military EOD that will lose or severely discipline someone.[/QUOTE]
It won't be military that gets the blame. What happens is there are companies who take ammunition and separate the components. The explosives are recycled and the casings are sent off to the scrapyard like here.
Yeah the title made me imagine some radical redneck on the hillside launching mortar rounds at a recycling center
[quote]Another brother who had worked at the company criticized the way it operated. Ryan Cerentano said, [b]“There’s a lot of unsafe there.”[/b] OSHA SAID in 2011 and 20 12 the agency cited the company for lead exposure and respiratory problems. The feds say the company fixed the problems[/quote]
Apparently his alternate name is John Freeman.
[quote]“There’s a lot of unsafe there.”[/quote]
Man, that sounds like a ton of unsafe. Better remove that unsafe ASAP.
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;45806597]Man, that sounds like a ton of unsafe. Better remove that unsafe ASAP.[/QUOTE]
RECYCLING KILLS
DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO BE EXPOSED TO THIS DANGER?
VOTE "NO" ON RECYCLING
That's really unfortunate. They were at the wrong place at the wrong time
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