An American factory exploded and all workers were killed.
On October 13th, news from Hickman County, Tennessee, struck us that a violent explosion at a military explosive plant in the countryside suddenly broke the peace of the morning and shattered the hopes of 16 families.
At 7:45 in the morning, it was the time when the early class workers were busy to start work, and no one expected that the disaster would come so suddenly.The power of the explosion was astonishing, the whole factory was instantly blown up into a flat ground, and within hundreds of meters the factory area became burnt.
At the beginning, there was also news that 18 people had lost contact. Everyone still had a trace of luck and hoped that someone would return safely.
But as the situation gradually became clear, people had to accept the cruel reality: only two people escaped because they were lucky not at the scene. All the remaining 16 workers lost their lives in the explosion, and no one survived the scene.
This means that at the moment of the explosion, everyone who was busy in the workshop could not escape this disaster.
Later, we learned that the factory is not common, it is called "precision energy systems" company, appears to be a private enterprise founded in 1980, but is actually a designated contractor of the U.S. military, specifically for the Army and Navy to produce C4 explosives, mines, disruptive explosives these high-energy weapons, the official website has also proudly said that it is for the U.S. defense mission.
However, it is such a company that shoulders the "national defense mission", but the security problem has already buried hidden dangers. As early as 2019, it was fined by the U.S. Department of Labor for violating chemical safety regulations.
And this is not the first time the area is in danger, with another ammunition plant explosion in the city in 2014 taking a life.
The impact of the explosion went far beyond the scorched soil in the factory area. Residents 24 kilometers away felt the shaking like an earthquake. Many homes 'windows were shattered, and some people were so scared that their houses would be overturned.
The debris dispersed after the explosion, a straight line of more than 800 meters, was originally supposed to protect the national security supplier, turned the eye to become a trap that swallowed life.
After the accident, the investigation ranks were quite large, and the local sheriff, experts from the U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and even the Ministry of Defense, knew that things were not easy.
However, the investigation was progressing extremely slowly. Sheriff David said that the chemical substances volatilized at the scene made every step of the investigation dangerous. It may take weeks or even months to rule out the possibility of a human being committing the crime.
In order to confirm the identity of the victims, the staff also used a "rapid DNA identity verification team" and even used mobile phone data to verify who was on the scene at the time. Every step was difficult and made the families of the victims waiting for the results even more miserable.
But this "national level" intervention has also brought about a lot of questioning voices. Some can't stand to ask, "national security" this sign, will not become a shield for enterprises to escape regulation?
The accident was a wound that could never be healed for the local vegetative rural community.The residents of Bagsby knew the many workers who died, and it was an endless sorrow to mention them.
Governor Bill Lee called on everyone to pray for the families of the deceased, and the government also planned to provide psychological counseling to affected students, but these seem to be unable to soothe the pain in people's hearts.
The Precision Energy Systems company is now only a piece of ruin, but it is like a mirror that reflects the price of blood tears paid by ordinary workers behind the U.S. pursuit of defense supply chain efficiency.
How can we find a balance between national security, business profits and human lives, which is more important than identifying the specific causes of the explosions and requires a clear answer.
On October 13th, news from Hickman County, Tennessee, struck us that a violent explosion at a military explosive plant in the countryside suddenly broke the peace of the morning and shattered the hopes of 16 families.
At 7:45 in the morning, it was the time when the early class workers were busy to start work, and no one expected that the disaster would come so suddenly.The power of the explosion was astonishing, the whole factory was instantly blown up into a flat ground, and within hundreds of meters the factory area became burnt.
At the beginning, there was also news that 18 people had lost contact. Everyone still had a trace of luck and hoped that someone would return safely.
But as the situation gradually became clear, people had to accept the cruel reality: only two people escaped because they were lucky not at the scene. All the remaining 16 workers lost their lives in the explosion, and no one survived the scene.
This means that at the moment of the explosion, everyone who was busy in the workshop could not escape this disaster.
Later, we learned that the factory is not common, it is called "precision energy systems" company, appears to be a private enterprise founded in 1980, but is actually a designated contractor of the U.S. military, specifically for the Army and Navy to produce C4 explosives, mines, disruptive explosives these high-energy weapons, the official website has also proudly said that it is for the U.S. defense mission.
However, it is such a company that shoulders the "national defense mission", but the security problem has already buried hidden dangers. As early as 2019, it was fined by the U.S. Department of Labor for violating chemical safety regulations.
And this is not the first time the area is in danger, with another ammunition plant explosion in the city in 2014 taking a life.
The impact of the explosion went far beyond the scorched soil in the factory area. Residents 24 kilometers away felt the shaking like an earthquake. Many homes 'windows were shattered, and some people were so scared that their houses would be overturned.
The debris dispersed after the explosion, a straight line of more than 800 meters, was originally supposed to protect the national security supplier, turned the eye to become a trap that swallowed life.
After the accident, the investigation ranks were quite large, and the local sheriff, experts from the U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and even the Ministry of Defense, knew that things were not easy.
However, the investigation was progressing extremely slowly. Sheriff David said that the chemical substances volatilized at the scene made every step of the investigation dangerous. It may take weeks or even months to rule out the possibility of a human being committing the crime.
In order to confirm the identity of the victims, the staff also used a "rapid DNA identity verification team" and even used mobile phone data to verify who was on the scene at the time. Every step was difficult and made the families of the victims waiting for the results even more miserable.
But this "national level" intervention has also brought about a lot of questioning voices. Some can't stand to ask, "national security" this sign, will not become a shield for enterprises to escape regulation?
The accident was a wound that could never be healed for the local vegetative rural community.The residents of Bagsby knew the many workers who died, and it was an endless sorrow to mention them.
Governor Bill Lee called on everyone to pray for the families of the deceased, and the government also planned to provide psychological counseling to affected students, but these seem to be unable to soothe the pain in people's hearts.
The Precision Energy Systems company is now only a piece of ruin, but it is like a mirror that reflects the price of blood tears paid by ordinary workers behind the U.S. pursuit of defense supply chain efficiency.
How can we find a balance between national security, business profits and human lives, which is more important than identifying the specific causes of the explosions and requires a clear answer.