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Tag result for article published on Fri October 25 2019 9:13 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
Four people died in the explosion at AB Specialty Silicones in May, and now, OSHA has ordered $1.6 million in penalties. CBS 2’s Audrina Bigos reports. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited AB Specialty Silicones LLC for 12 willful federal safety violations after four employees suffered fatal injuries […]
Posted in FIRE BLOG C, Gov, LawComments Off on OSHA Issues $1,591,176 in Penalties To AB Specialty Silicones After 4 Fatalities in Waukegan Plant Explosion, May 2019
Tag result for article published on Wed May 22 2019 10:24 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
The calls reporting the huge explosion at AB Specialty Silicones in Waukegan were released May 17, 2019. Initially dispatchers weren’t sure exactly where the explosion that had occurred at AB Specialty Silicones was located because many people couldn’t place the location of the explosive noise. Some thought a car crashed on their street, and one […]
Posted in FIRE BLOG CComments Off on 911 Calls Reporting Explosion When AB Specialty Silicones Chemical Plant Exploded in Waukegan Released
Tag result for article published on Thu May 09 2019 4:34 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
The identity was released of the fourth victim — the last of three victims recovered in the ruins of the AB Specialty Silicones factory explosion — on Wednesday May 8, 2019 in a statement by the Lake County Coroner’s Office. One man died after he was able to evacuate the building and after surviving for […]
Posted in FIRE BLOG CComments Off on Identity Released of Final Missing Man Killed in Explosion at AB Specialty Silicones in Waukegan
Tag result for article published on Wed May 08 2019 7:08 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
The Lake County Coroner on Wednesday May 8, 2019 said the remains of the final missing victim of the AB Specialty Silicones explosion on Friday May 3, 2019 at about 9:30 p.m. were found under the ruins late Tuesday night. Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper initially only identified the victim as a male. The […]
Posted in FIRE BLOG CComments Off on Final Missing Victim Found in Ruins of AB Specialty Silicones Building at Sunset Ave and Northwestern Ave in Waukegan
Tag result for article published on Tue May 07 2019 8:32 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
Identities of three victims from the AB Specialty Silicones explosion that occurred Friday May 3, 2019 about 9:30 p.m. have now been released by Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper. One man is still missing in the ruins of the chemical factory, and the search for his body is continuing. A press conference was held […]
Posted in FIRE BLOG CComments Off on Identities of Three Victims of AB Specialty Silicones Fatal Explosion in Waukegan Now Released As Search for Last Missing Man Continues
Tag result for article published on Mon May 06 2019 8:43 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
About 2:30 p.m. Sunday, the search team located a body in a heavily damaged part of the building. It took crews over two hours to remove the victim. The body of a second person of three missing employees was found by firefighters in the ruins of a silicone chemical factory that exploded Friday May 4, […]
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Tag result for article published on Sat May 04 2019 8:25 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
Byron Biehn, a shift supervisor, and Daniel Nicklas, a lab technician, were still missing after the explosion at AB Specialty Silicones Friday night. Workers at AB Specialty Silicones said Saturday that fellow employee Allen Stevens passed away Saturday afternoon May 4, 2019 after he was caught in the explosion Friday night about 9:30 p.m. Allen […]
Posted in FIRE BLOG CComments Off on Victim Rescued in Waukegan Last Night Dies in Burn Unit; Search For Two Missing Employees Resumes at Site of Waukegan Chemical Plant Explosion
Tag result for article published on Sat May 04 2019 3:49 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
Saturday morning after 9:50 a.m., May 4, 2019 Waukegan Fire Marshal Steve Lenzi confirmed search and recovery crews recovered one body after a large explosion in Waukegan in Lake County Friday night. The loud explosion, heard and felt for miles, destroyed the building of AB Specialty Silicones, 3790 Sunset Avenue. Apparently six people were met […]
Posted in FIRE BLOG CComments Off on 1 Found Dead, 2 Missing After AB Specialty Silicones Explosion at 3790 Sunset Avenue, Waukegan
Tag result for article published on Sat May 04 2019 6:38 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
OFFICIAL UPDATE WITH 5 AM PRESS CONFERENCE AT SILICONE PLANT EXPLOSION SCENE IN WAUKEGAN In a press release last night by Waukegan Fire Marshal Steve Lenzi, at least four people were hospitalized following a massive explosion at a Waukegan silicone plant near the Gurnee border Friday night. At a 5:00 a.m. press conference on Saturday […]
Posted in Cardinal News Popular, FIRE BLOG CComments Off on Official Updates for Waukegan Explosion; WYZE Security Video Catches Explosion As It Happened
Tag result for article published on Fri May 03 2019 10:29 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
Waukegan police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:38 PM Friday May 3, 2019 to a report of loud, earth-shaking explosion and fire at Sunset Avenue and Northwestern Avenue Waukegan, Il. The explosion was heard as far away as Round Lake, Wadsworth and Hawthorn Woods. A residential neighborhood of single-family homes is just northwest of the scene, […]
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Tag result for article published on Thu August 30 2018 11:19 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
Chicago police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:52 AM Thursday August 30, 2018 to a report of a building explosion with two people trapped in the collapse at the Water Reclamation District, 400 East 130th St Chicago, Il. Police and firefighter/paramedics initially received a report of an explosion with a man trapped in a building. A […]
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Tag result for article published on Sun November 23 2014 7:08 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
Chicago police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 7:03 PM Sunday to a report of a building explosion at 58th Street and Calumet Avenue Chicago , IL. Firefighters on the scene reported that a 3-story apartment building was completely leveled. Firefighters have responded with a Still and Box Alarm, a collapse rescue response, and an EMS Plan […]
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