BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. — We’re learning more about the chemical involved in an explosion that injured 2 workers at an industrial plant in Bradley County.
According to a Chattanooga Fire Department incident report obtained by NewsChannel 9, firefighters responded May 13th to Erlanger Hospital after a patient was exposed to titanium powder during work connected to the Amaero manufacturing facility in Cleveland.
The report says Chattanooga firefighters were called to assist with what was described as a possible hazardous materials decontamination involving titanium powder on a patient.
Crews established a decontamination area outside Erlanger’s emergency room entrance after hospital staff warned the material could react with water.
According to the narrative in the report, the patient had already been transported to Erlanger by ambulance before fire crews arrived…