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OSHA Issues $1,591,176 in Penalties To AB Specialty Silicones After 4 Fatalities in Waukegan Plant Explosion, May 2019

Fri Oct 25, 2019 09:13 pm Cardinal News

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 […]

911 Calls Reporting Explosion When AB Specialty Silicones Chemical Plant Exploded in Waukegan Released

Wed May 22, 2019 10:24 pm Cardinal News

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 […]

Identity Released of Final Missing Man Killed in Explosion at AB Specialty Silicones in Waukegan

Thu May 9, 2019 04:34 pm Cardinal News

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 […]

Final Missing Victim Found in Ruins of AB Specialty Silicones Building at Sunset Ave and Northwestern Ave in Waukegan

Wed May 8, 2019 07:08 pm Cardinal News

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 […]

Identities of Three Victims of AB Specialty Silicones Fatal Explosion in Waukegan Now Released As Search for Last Missing Man Continues

Tue May 7, 2019 08:32 pm Cardinal News

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 […]

Second Body of Three Missing Employees Found at Explosion Scene at AB Specialty Silicones

Mon May 6, 2019 08:43 am Cardinal News

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 […]

Victim Rescued in Waukegan Last Night Dies in Burn Unit; Search For Two Missing Employees Resumes at Site of Waukegan Chemical Plant Explosion

Sat May 4, 2019 08:25 pm Cardinal News

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 […]

1 Found Dead, 2 Missing After AB Specialty Silicones Explosion at 3790 Sunset Avenue, Waukegan

Sat May 4, 2019 03:49 pm Cardinal News

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, […]

Official Updates for Waukegan Explosion; WYZE Security Video Catches Explosion As It Happened

Sat May 4, 2019 06:38 am Cardinal News

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 and Fire at Commercial Building on Sunset Ave Near Northwestern Ave, Waukegan

Fri May 3, 2019 10:29 pm Cardinal News

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 […]

John J. Nolan, arson suspect unincorporated Antioch

Arson: Twin Lakes, Wisconsin Resident Lights Up Girl’s Diesel Tank in Unincorporated Antioch After She Turns Him Down for a Date

Sat Apr 27, 2019 03:45 pm Cardinal News

Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies and Antioch firefighter/paramedics responded about 4:00 a.m. Sunday April 7, 2019 to a residence in the block of 42900 North Pedersen Lane in unincorporated Antioch, to a report of a diesel […]

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