Management system failures led to fatal dust explosion, board reports
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has issued its final investigative report on a January 29, 2003, dust explosion at the West Pharmaceutical Services Inc., plant in Kinston, N.C.
The blast killed six workers and injured 38 others, including two firefighters. The Kinston facility manufactured rubber drug-delivery components for such items as syringe plungers, septums and vial seals.