MCEWEN, Tenn. (WSMV) - Hickman and Humphreys Counties’ communities are reeling after tragically losing multiple of their own and are searching for more than a dozen others in an explosion Friday.

But records show that Friday’s explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems is not the facility’s first deadly blast.

About 11 years ago, a man was killed and four were injured at the facility after an explosion. That incident happened in the ammunition area, and it sparked a fire at the plant and an outside building.

Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) documents also show the facility was accused of code violations after multiple employees experienced seizures following shifts at its so-called “Hot House.”

“The TOSHA inspection found that employees were exposed to a haz

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