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One worker was fatally burned and about a dozen others were injured when a powerful explosion devastated the Synthron Inc. chemical manufacturing facility. CSB investigators believe the explosion was related to the process inside a 1500-gallon batch reactor at the plant, which contained butyl acrylate along with the flammable solvents toluene and cyclohexane. Protex International owned a controlling interest in Synthron since 1972. It is a privately owned company that operates a number of chemical-related businesses in the U.S. and around the globe.
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