TRW, Mesa officials meet on plant safetyTRW, Mesa officials meet on plant safety

Mesa, AZ, municipal authorities order TRW's passenger-side air bag plant there to shut down "the grinding, blending, pressing, drying and packaging of sodium azide/ferric oxide airbag gas-generated compound" until the supplier can conduct a complete review of its operations and ensure a safe environment. The facility has had a number of explosions relating to the propellant in the last several months.

November 1, 1995

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Mesa, AZ, municipal authorities order TRW's passenger-side air bag plant there to shut down "the grinding, blending, pressing, drying and packaging of sodium azide/ferric oxide airbag gas-generated compound" until the supplier can conduct a complete review of its operations and ensure a safe environment. The facility has had a number of explosions relating to the propellant in the last several months.

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