The cause of the Imperial Sugar Co. refinery fire remained under investigation Friday, but an explosion of sugar dust is one working theory of the blast. "It's a viable option," said Capt. Matt Sta… ...

Imperial Sugar chief executive John Sheptor said the explosion had occurred at around 1920 (0020 GMT) on Thursday in a silo where refined sugar was stored until being packaged. "As far as we know, it ...

More than 300 dust explosions have killed more than 120 workers in grain silos, sugar refineries and food processing plants over the past three decades. Most are preventable by removing fine-grain ...

Imperial Sugar resumed refining sugar at its Georgia plant in June, 16 months after the explosion. The company says it has adopted voluntary standards to minimize dust hazards and included new ...

SAVANNAH, GA – In a final draft report released today, Chemical Safety Board investigators said the Feb. 7, 2008, deadly explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, GA, resulted ...

Feb. 17: Combustible dust hearings are held in Atlanta to determine ways to reduce the hazards that likely caused the refinery explosion. Mar. 30: Eighteen cases against Imperial Sugar have been ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Dust that collected in a piece of safety equipment caused a small explosion at a sugar refinery weeks before the deadly blast that killed nine workers, a federal investigator ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – 17 years ago, Feb. 7, 2008, an explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth rocked the ...

Sometimes a safety issue literally blows up in the face of U.S. regulators. That was the case last month when an explosion and fire at an Imperial Sugar Co. refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga., likely ...

PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (WSAV) — The investigation at this sugar refinery in the day, weeks, and months following that deadly night in 2008 found that management at this plant, at that time knew the ...