Atlas Powder Company - Wikipedia
Atlas Powder Company was an American explosives and chemicals company. It was one of the two companies that emerged out of a court-ordered breakup of the explosives monopoly of Du Pont Powder Company, [1] the explosives and gunpowder company founded by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours.
Atlas-Centaur - Wikipedia
The spectacular explosion of AC-5 in March 1965 left Pad 34A a mass of blackened rubble. The AC-5 flight (Atlas 156D) on 2 March 1965 at 13:25 GMT from Cape Kennedy in a highly elliptical orbit, with a payload (Surveyor SD-1) of 951 kg, was only intended to carry out a single burn of the Centaur C, and program officials felt confident. This ...
Metal recycling plant accused of exposing Watts students to …
Sep 26, 2024 · A metal recycling plant was charged in a 25-count indictment on Thursday for exposing Jordan High School students in Watts to toxic explosions, hazardous waste and lead levels 75 times higher...
District Attorney Gascón Announces New 25-Count Grand Jury …
Metal debris allegedly from Atlas has been found at the high school. On Aug. 12, at about 8:20 a.m., a fiery explosion occurred at the facility when students at the nearby school were arriving for their first day of classes.
Recycling company indicted for allegedly dumping hazardous …
Sep 27, 2024 · Atlas Iron and Metal Corp, a Los Angeles County recycling facility, faces more than two dozen charges for allegedly dumping hazardous waste onto an adjacent school in Watts.
Scrapyard explosion rattles Watts high school on first day of classes
Aug 13, 2024 · On the first day of classes, students and staff at Jordan High School in Watts were rattled by an explosion at a neighboring scrap metal recycler, according to officials.
Frustration rises as explosions continue by Watts school, and …
Aug 16, 2024 · The Los Angeles Unified School District is investigating Monday’s explosion to determine whether shrapnel was ejected onto school grounds, which has happened in the past.
Explosion at Watt's metal recycling plant next to Jordan High
Aug 13, 2024 · Students and officials at Jordan High School in Watts have been complaining about the Atlas metal recycling center for more than two decades with metal projectiles and metallic dust flying onto...
Jordan High students see no resolution over Atlas Metal - Los Angeles Times
Jun 3, 2023 · The Los Angeles Unified School District filed a lawsuit against Atlas in 2020, asking a judge to stop the company from “continuing to allow dangerous, sharp metal projectiles, fine metallic dust...
Los Angeles recycling facility where explosion rocked first day of ...
Sep 27, 2024 · The owners of a recycling facility near a Watts high school that was the site of an explosion last month on the first day of school have been indicted on more than two dozen charges. S&W Atlas...
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