Georgia

Workers Injured in Explosion at Georgia Packaging Plant

One worker transferred to Atlanta hospital by helicopter.

Company manufactures nitrocellulose, also known as guncotton.

Workers clothing caught in moving equipment.

Worker suffered burns on his head, face and hands.

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Plant machinery was extensively damaged

The contents of a clothing warehouse were destroyed in a March 5 fire.

Suspended yet confined, grain dust can be highly explosive under the right conditions.

Combustible sugar dust caused an explosion that killed 14 workers in Port Wentworth, Georgia, on Feb. 7, 2008.

Flames spread still further by burning fuel spilling into a storm drain.