Factory Explosion in Kempton Park?

[LazyLion]

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JUST IN: Paramedics at the scene of factory explosion in Spartan ext7 in Kempton Park. Details sketchy bit injuries reported.

Paramedics say 9 people sustained moderate injuries and are in a stable condition.

 

[DJ...]

http://ewn.co.za/2013/04/10/Explosion-at-Kempton-Park-factory

JOHANNESBURG - There's been an explosion at a factory in Spartan, Kempton Park on the East Rand.

Witnesses claim people were on burning in the factory.

A man, who works in the building opposite the factory, described what he saw.

“We saw an explosion from our office and when we went down to the scene, it was just bad. There was lots of smoke and the building had collapsed. People were burning.”

Details are sketchy, but paramedics are on the scene to treat those injured in the blast.

Terrible. Sincerely hope nobody was severely injured or died...

 

[Datura]

There was an explosion in Spartan in February too...

http://www.jacarandafm.com/kagiso/c...n=Detail&pid=399938&Explosion-in-Kempton-Park

 

[LazyLion]

http://roadsafety.co.za/2013-04/kempton-park-explosion-incident-leaves-six-critically-injured/

Kempton Park explosion incident leaves six critically injured

Netcare 911 paramedics and other services responded to an explosion incident in Spartan, Kempton Park.

Upon their arrival they found that six people had sustained critical injuries. The Netcare1 helicopter was activated to airlift one of the critically injured people to a nearby Netcare facility. The other five critically injured people were transported to nearby facilities for the urgent medical care that they required.

Exact detail to the cause of the incident will remain the subject of an investigation.

 

[saksakgp]

A shopping mall also exploded sometime in Feb.

 

[LazyLion]

Six Injured in East Rand Explosion

Six people were injured in an explosion at a business premises in the Spartan industrial area of Kempton Park on Wednesday morning, said Johannesburg paramedics.

One patient who was critically injured had to be airlifted to hospital, said Netcare 911 spokeswoman Santi Steinmann.

"The other five critically injured people were transported to nearby facilities for the urgent medical care that they required," she said.

Steinmann could not immediately confirm what the company specialised in.

The cause of the explosion was being investigated.


Source : Sapa /nsm/fg/ks
Date : 10 Apr 2013 09:55

 

[froot]

Witnesses claim people were on burning in the factory.

err..... on fire perhaps?

Eish.

 

[Centronix]

I wonder if the fumes are dangerous

 

[LazyLion]

So it was also an Aerosol Can factory? Another one, or the same one?

http://ewn.co.za/2013/04/10/Kempton-Park-factory-blaze-under-control

 

[LazyLion]

Here is an article about the previous fire in February....
http://ewn.co.za/2013/02/13/Fire-in-Kempton-Park-contained

 

[GreGorGy]

I was also wondering if it was the same one as Feb. If so, mofo in charge needs a little lesson in safety, which he can pass down to his workers (however many are left).

 

[LazyLion]

Labour Department to Probe East Rand Blast

An explosion at a factory in Kempton Park on Wednesday morning would be investigated, said the Gauteng labour department.

A formal inquiry set up under the Occupational Health and Safety Act would seek to establish the cause of the blast, said spokesman Mishack Magakwe.

Paramedics said six people were critically injured in the blast at Oricol Environmental Services.

The company specialises in collecting hazardous and non-hazardous chemicals from industrial companies, and recycling waste material.

If the employer was found to be negligent and to have flouted any aspect of the law, a recommendation to prosecute would be made to the director of public prosecutions, said Magakwe.

"We cannot allow employers to continue to disregard worker safety," he said.

"The Occupational Health and Safety Act requires the employer to bring about and maintain, as far as reasonably practicable, a work environment that is safe and without risk to the health of the workers."


Source : Sapa /nsm/hdw/clh/rod
Date : 10 Apr 2013 16:00

 

[DJ...]

"We cannot allow employers to continue to disregard worker safety," he said.

I love how in one breath they state they'll investigate and then in another come to a conclusion already.

There are any number of reasons for an explosion at a factory, and not all of them are negligence on the part of the company...