Explosion at US aerosol plant injures 2 - reports

18 March 2008 17:05  [Source: ICIS news]

TORONTO (ICIS news)--An explosion at an aerosols plant in northwest Wisconsin injured two workers on Tuesday morning, US news media reported.

 

The facility - operated by Cortec Corp in Spooner, some 100 miles northeast of St. Paul, Minnesota - had been shut down pending an investigation, the Associated Press and local media reported, citing a company executive and fire officials.

 

Cortec Corp did not immediately return a call requesting additional information.

 

St. Paul, Minnesota-based Cortec is described as a producer of a range of corrosion-inhibiting chemicals and related products.

 

The company lists the plant at Spooner as part of its advanced spray technologies division.

By: Stefan Baumgarten
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