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OSHA: Flammables put in factory oven before blast

By Joe Mandak
Published August 14, 2014 7:10pm ET
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OSHA: Flammables put in factory oven before blast
In this photo from Jan 31, 2014, a firetruck rolls past Mersen USA where an explosion killed one person and injured two in St. Marys, Pa. Federal safety officials said a worker wrongly put parts coated with flammable materials into an electric oven before it exploded at the plant, killing a visiting employee. (AP Photo/ Dubois Courier Express-JoAnn Seltzer) | JoAnn Seltzer

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A worker wrongly put parts coated with flammable materials into an electric oven before it exploded at a Pennsylvania factory, killing a visiting employee, federal workplace safety officials said.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed the Mersen USA plant in St. Marys pay a $7,000 fine.

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