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Remembering the Burning Ground Accident

Smith, Bryce·Skidmore, Cary Bradford
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On Wednesday, October 14,1959, at approximately 13:32, four men working on a scrap disposal crew were killed during a routine operation at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory’s S-Site burning ground. The cause of death was the accidental explosion of an estimated three hundred pounds of explosives.

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Smith, Bryce, Skidmore, Cary Bradford. 2018-09-25. Remembering the Burning Ground Accident. https://doi.org/10.2172/1473786

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