Cascading failures involving a corroded steam pipe and a defective natural gas fitting caused a powerful explosion in 2023 at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory, killing seven workers when the company failed to evacuate, a federal safety board said Tuesday. About 70 production workers and 35 office staff at R.M. Palmer Co. were working in two adjacent buildings at the time of the blast. Employees in both buildings told federal investigators they c…

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A federal safety board says a corroded steam pipe and a defective natural gas fitting caused a powerful explosion at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory, killing seven workers when the company failed to evacuate

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Associated Press A federal safety board says a corroded steam pipe and a defective natural gas fitting caused a powerful explosion at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory, killing seven workers when the company failed to evacuate. The National Transportation Safety Board says Tuesday that the R.M. Palmer Co. failed to have natural gas emergency procedures in place that could have resulted in an immediate evacuation. The 2023 explosion leveled one bu…

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Cascading failures involving a corroded steam pipe and a defective natural gas fitting caused a powerful explosion in 2023 at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory, killing seven workers when the company failed to evacuate, a federal safety board said Tuesday.

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About 70 production workers and 35 office staff at R.M. Palmer Co. were working in two adjacent buildings at the time of the blast.

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The 2023 explosion leveled one building and heavily damaged another, causing $42 million in property damage.

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Workers at the plant have accused the company of ignoring warnings of a natural gas leak, saying the plant, in a small town 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia, should have been evacuated.

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More than a year and a half after a candy factory exploded in West Reading, the National Transportation Safety Board finished its investigation and presented its findings.

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A federal safety board says a corroded steam pipe and a defective natural gas fitting caused a powerful explosion at R.M. Palmer Co. in Berks County. The National Transportation Safety Board says that the chocolate factory failed to have natural gas emergency procedures in place that could have resulted in an immediate evacuation.

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