U.S. Plastic Lumber Corp. has temporarily closed a plant in Ocala, Fla., after a gas explosion killed an employee working in the facility Monday.
The employee was killed while working in an outdoor recycled-wood drying area, the Boca Raton-based company said.
The Ocala plant manufactures composite decking products made from recycled wood and recycled plastic resin. The Company anticipates the plant will be closed for a short period, approximately one to two weeks, while it completes an investigation into the accident and its causes and commences repairs in order to resume production.
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