Report on the Ordnance Removal Action, Divex Corp., Columbia, SC
Abstract
On 6 September 1993, Mr. Jack Sutherland, the owner of the Divex Corporation in Columbia, South Carolina, was killed while manufacturing explosives. A Divex employee was injured in a second explosion, on 12 September, while cleaning out the building where the accident occurred. During the next several weeks, Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies removed and destroyed some of the hazardous materials. Large quantities of bulk explosives, military ordnance, munition components and hazardous chemicals were found. The facility was located seven miles north of Columbia, SC, on a 21-acre parcel of land. This was a residential and small farm area of Richland County. Homes bordered the property on two sides and four families had to be relocated during the entire project. Mr. Sutherland was licensed to manufacture explosives, buy and sell explosives, transport and dispose of hazardous material.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA498812
Entities
People
- Jeffory L. Neece