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Largre Loss Investigations

Dr Crispin Hales was a principal engineer investigating Ford power plant explosion. The explosion ocurred on Monday, February 1, 1999, detroying the aging power plant at Ford Motor Company's famous Rouge facility in Dearborn, Michigan. Six civilians were killed and 38 injured, 14 of them seriously. The fire was one of the most expensive industrial accidents in U.S. history resulting in $US1 billion in property damage. It was also the largest human-caused insurance loss of the year.

>>NFPA Journal Article.






New Product Development

Dr Shayne Gooch produced a new concept for the Cellablock™ microscope slide preparation system. Cellablock is a novel product which deposits ten blood samples onto a single microscope slide. The system, used in conjunction with a centrifuge, provides a repeatable method for creating monolayer cellular substrates. Cellablock improves slide preparation efficiency and reduces cost of consumables.

>>www.cellablock.com