During the evening of February 7th, 2008, a series of explosions at the Imperial Sugar manufacturing facility in Port Wentworth, Georgia, just outside of Savannah, resulted in the deaths of fourteen workers and numerous injuries. According to Georgia Fire Commissioner John Oxendine, “It was a very large explosion that totally destroyed the three-story building where it took place.”1 The explosion is believed to have been fueled by the ever-present sugar dust, an inherent aspect of the sugar refining process, which would coat surfaces and equipment in the facility
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JHB Office
16 Skeen Blvd,
Bedfordview,
Johannesburg
2007
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10 Cranbrook Office Park
Cranbrook Crescent
Umhlanga Ridge
Durban
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