1 burned in chemical explosion at Mass. company
AP foreign, Tuesday September 9 2008
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) - Chemicals used to clean jewelry exploded Monday at a business that makes gold and silver alloys, burning one person and sending 29 others to hospitals for evaluation.
Employees at Stern-Leach Co. were trying to mix sodium cyanide and hydrogen peroxide solutions totaling about 2 gallons under a fume hood, said Ed Coletta, a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection.
Company employees routinely mix the chemicals, and there was no immediate explanation for the explosion, Coletta said.
About 200 people evacuated the building afterward. Fire Capt. Tim Birch said the cyanide leak was contained to the third floor of the building.
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