2 Killed in Temple-Inland Particleboard Plant Explosion.AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE at Temple-Inland Forest Products Corp.'s Mount Jewett, PA, plant killed two employees and injured eight others. The explosion took place on Feb. 13 at about 9 p.m. near the plant's production line and blew out a section of a tin wall, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Lafayette Township Lafayette Township may refer to:
Mount Jewett Fire Department Chief Mike Mix said that the plant was designed with "explosion panels" which break loose by design to ease the pressure of a blast. The particleboard par·ti·cle·board or particle board n. A structural material made of wood fragments, such as chips or shavings, that are mechanically pressed into sheet form and bonded together with resin. plant, as well as an adjacent MDF (1) (Main Distribution Frame) A wiring rack that connects outside lines with internal lines. It is used to connect public or private lines coming into the building to internal networks. facility, have both been closed. The MDF plant will re-open soon, but no date has been set for re-opening the particleboard plant. The site has an annual capacity of 200 million square feet of particleboard and 100 million square feet of MDF. |
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