ATK Thiokol Explosives Lab

Mishap at an Explosives R&D Laboratory

ATK Thiokol Explosives Lab

At 10:45 p.m. on Feb. 14, 2005, a explosion and fire occurred in the R&D laboratory building M-590 at the ATK Thiokol Promontory campus. Two laboratory technicians were transferring a chemical compound known as TETNB from a filter tray into 5-gallon plastic buckets. One of the technicians was killed, the other severely burned.