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Worker injured in chemical explosion at Carroll plant

A 27-year-old male employee of a Carroll County firm that produces tobacco flavoring was injured Monday when the lid of a tank containing boiling methylene chloride under high pressure blew off, causing the man to flee before he fell to the floor and sustained injuries to his face, according to the state police at Westminster.

The Baltimore resident, whose name was not released, was treated at the scene before being airlifted to Maryland Shock Trauma Center. His condition was not available. About 2 p.m., the worker was between 30 and 40 feet from the tank at Tobacco Tech in the 600 block of Liberty Road in Sykesville when the tank's lid blew off, sending fluid and vapors throughout the room, police said.

Two other employees pulled the man to safety and took him outside. As a precaution, police closed down a portion of Liberty Road for about 90 minutes. Police also removed 55 children from the nearby All About Kids Learning Center by bus and returned them nearly two hours later. Occupants at Athens Health Club, also near the plant, were advised to leave while the scene of the explosion was washed down by firefighters. The incident is being investigated by the Maryland Department of the Environment, the state fire marshal's office and the state's Office of Safety and Health Administration

 

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