A benzoyl peroxide (BPO) explosion and fire that occurred at the Catalyst Systems, Inc., production facility in Gnadenhutten, Ohio. At 11:55 am on January 2, 2003, a vacuum dryer holding nearly 200 pounds of BPO exploded. Employees were drying granular 75 percent BPO to make 98 percent BPO when the material explosively decomposed. One employeeContinue reading “Catalyst Systems Reactive Explosion 2003”