{"id":20553,"date":"2023-08-08T16:47:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/?p=734540"},"modified":"2023-08-08T16:47:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:47:39","slug":"worker-injured-as-explosion-at-texas-paint-plant-sends-fireballs-into-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2023\/08\/08\/worker-injured-as-explosion-at-texas-paint-plant-sends-fireballs-into-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Worker Injured as Explosion at Texas Paint Plant Sends Fireballs into Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs tabs tabs-entry\">\n<li class=\"active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/southcentral\/2023\/08\/08\/734540.htm\">Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/southcentral\/2023\/08\/08\/734540.htm?comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">0 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<p>GARLAND, Texas (AP) \u2013 A worker was injured early Monday when an explosion set a paint manufacturing plant in the Dallas suburbs ablaze and shot a series of fireballs into the night sky.<\/p>\n<p>A company spokesperson said the blast at the Sherwin-Williams plant in Garland happened around 1:15 a.m., and people who live and work nearby reported feeling buildings tremble as flames engulfed the industrial facility.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"79\" data-revive-topics=\"workers-comp\" data-revive-companies data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt felt pretty hard. Like the whole house shook,\u201d Giovanny Gamboa, who felt the explosions from miles away, told KDFW-TV. \u201cI felt the shake. I came and investigated myself. I didn\u2019t expect it to be something this far away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters extinguished the blaze in a few hours and the employee who was injured has been released from a hospital, Sherwin-Williams spokesperson Julie Young said in an email. She said all employee have been accounted for.<\/p>\n<p>Young said production has been suspended at the plant, which primarily makes industrial coatings and resins, but did not respond to a questions about what triggered the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities had put out the flames before 5:30 a.m. but remained at the site mid- morning Monday to monitor hot spots and air quality, said Noah Cunningham, an investigator with the the Garland Fire Marshal\u2019s Office. 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