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Siemens Canada plant evacuated for fumes.(Company Business and Marketing)
Plastics News, May, 1999
WINDSOR, ONTARIO -- More than 100 employees at Siemens Canada Ltd.'s Windsor plant were evacuated May 5 to avoid fumes during a mold purge. The plant, which injection molds nylon manifolds for General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Corp., lost about seven hours of production while employees were examined in hospitals.
Smoldering nylon in a mold being purged released ammonia, hydrogen cyanide and carbon monoxide gases. When employees noticed the smoldering resin just before 9 a.m. they called the fire department and evacuated. Several employees were taken to hospitals in ambulances and the rest were bused for examination. One was admitted to an intensive-care unit, but it was not known if his condition was a result of the emissions. He was listed as stable. Five...
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