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Sugar Plant Blast Puts Heat on OSHA's Rulemaking

Sometimes a safety issue literally blows up in the face of U.S. regulators. That was the case last month when an explosion and fire at an Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga., likely caused by the ignition of sugar dust, killed 13 workers and seriously burned 10 others.
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