Wood Pulp Spill Buries 8 Workers; 7 in Hospital
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NEW BERN, N.C. — Tons of mushy wood pulp spewed from a ruptured storage tank at a lumber plant Tuesday, injuring eight workers buried in up to 6 feet of the oatmeal-like material, officials said.
The accident at the Weyerhaeuser Co. plant left seven of the employees hospitalized, three of them in critical condition. In addition, a rescue worker suffered a heart attack while struggling to pull the others from the pulp.
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