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Protective Clothing Of Dupont Nomex® Brand Fiber Helps Refinery Worker Escape Flash Fire

Protective Clothing Of Dupont Nomex® Brand Fiber Helps Refinery Worker Escape Flash Fire

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When Marvin Staben, a Colorado Refining Company worker, dressed for work on a subzero winter morning, he had no idea that the coveralls and coat of DuPont NOMEX ® he put on would help save his life that day. As Staben was walking around the end of a 5,000-gallon horizontal drum, he saw a flash out of the corner of his eye. In that instant, a flam- mable vapor cloud surrounding him found an unknown ignition source, and Staben was engulfed in flame

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