Public sentiment surrounding the Tennessee explosives plant explosion is characterized by deep sorrow and shock, with many commenters expressing condolences for victims while raising concerns about workplace safety and regulatory negligence. The incident has highlighted fears over inadequate safety measures and potential corporate irresponsibility, leading to calls for accountability and stricter regulations in industrial settings.

Accurate Energetic Systems

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Donald Trump

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"The explosion happened at Accurate Energetic Systems near the town of Bucksnort . . .." "Video from the scene showed a burning debris field with smoke billowing into the air. WTVF-TV in Nashville broadcast images of debris strewn about the site, with damaged vehicles in a parking lot."

patrickhenrypdx

If you check Google Maps for Accurate Energetic Systems, LLC it puts the pin right on the building that used to exist that they're showing in those videos. The whole building is legit just GONE, all that's left visible is the loading dock.

marklein

This is an odd article - I’m guessing it’s in the process of being updated?

Does anyone else see “TK” where numbers should be?

&gt; McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) — A powerful explosion at a Tennessee munitions plant Friday left TK people dead and TK missing, authorities said, as smoke and secondary blasts forced rescuers to keep their distance from the burning site.

Halfloaf

My uncle worked in this building and is still unaccounted for due to the continued risk and explosions still going off in the area of the building that he was in. I am so heartbroken and have no idea how to process this situation other than to keep seeing if new information is available. This is so fucked up on so many levels and I really hope that if he’s dead that he didn’t suffer. If he’s alive I couldn’t bear to imagine how much pain he’s in, but it just seems very unlikely anyone has survived this.

EMMYPESS

Maps satellite view (before) and newscopter fly-over (after): &lt;https://imgur.com/a/UFm0Fvd&gt;

&gt;Emergency responders could not yet go in because there continue to be explosions, Hickman County Advanced EMT David Stewart told The Associated Press by telephone. He said he didn’t have any details on whether anyone had been hurt.

Fuck. Is there some sort of shelter protocol or something over there?

AudibleNod

Hopefully all the FBI agents that would normally investigate this potential act of sabotage haven't been reassigned to chasing down undocumented Uber eats drivers.

frameddummy

So, I’m local to this plant. This isn’t the first explosion here and they’re known to have abysmal safety. I’m talking stuff like welding above areas where explosives are mixed with no shielding whatsoever. They also, like most red states, pay absolutely nothing so nobody really cares about safety or doing their job correctly. The last one was 2014 I think. They also have minor issues every few years that don’t make the news. I know they have all kinds of “special training” and certifications but none of that gets enforced or used.

Gearhead040

Trump froze OSHA in January.

FEMA has been gutted.

The local community will probably never recover. Its cheaper to pack up and leave instead of rebuilding, and the owners of the business will have their losses covered by insurance and the government.

chubby_pink_donut

Well that's a fun way to see my hometown on the news.

The plant is mostly underground and very spread out for this risk of explosions so it doesn't look like a lot on Google maps or whatever but it's a pretty big operation.

There's a super rich guy that lives on like 1600-2000 acres in the hills behind the place I was always told invented the magnetic strip on credit cards but I never met the guy to know if that's true or not.

Last time I really interacted with the place was just when I worked for the power coop there. One of the guards knew my coworker and sent a video of a deer with CWD wandering around there acting like a zombie.

BadMondayThrowaway17

From a local news station:

&gt;The explosion happened at Melt Pour building, a worker says
The explosion happened in the Melt Pour building on the campus of AES, which sits in the woods outside Bucksnort, according to an employee who was not authorized to speak about the incident.

&gt;AES works on both government and non-government contracts, the employee said.

&gt;The daily process of making bombs involves melting the explosives in large kettles, transferring the melted material into cannisters, packing the cannisters into boxes, stacking the boxes on palettes and loading the palettes into trucks, the employee said.

This sort of thing happens every year or two. Industrial safety and oversight is an key aspect of government that protects businesses and people alike.

If you are at all curious about how catastrophic accidents like this can happen suddenly and seemingly without warning take a look at the videos produced by the U.S.C.S.B.  

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board does extensive post incident reporting on chemical disasters in the U.S. they are the subject matter experts in industrial operations, chemical safety, and environmental dangers.  

Groups like this are the incredibly specific, and often times easily ignored services the U.S. government funds and provides to the people in an entirely non-partisan non-politicized manner.

GOP funding cuts and the unchecked scouring of oversight mechanisms endangers all Americans, not just those services and citizens championed by the left. 

Please support U.S.C.S.G. and all government oversight to help keep incidents like these from repeating.

[United States Chemical Safety Board](https://youtube.com/@uscsb?si=7x8c1u7DXvYoooQi)

RobertDeNircrow

Reminds me of this one - [https://www.wgpfoundation.org/historic-markers/split-rock/](https://www.wgpfoundation.org/historic-markers/split-rock/)

DogPlane3425

More factory explosions seem to happen in States where they hate safety regulations, for some reason.

Sideshift1427

Those doge cuts surly are making a difference i see

Exotic-Collection471

Wonder if this is more hybrid warfare from Russia, or budget cuts and lack of inspections that caused it.. Frankly, both seem pretty possible.

MockDeath

If only there was some sort of chemical safety board that could investigate this accident...

UhhBill

IllustratorPresent80

Idk if this is accident or sabotage or what...but if it is sabotage- weren't we JUST warned this week by a foreign government about a potential for a false flag operation?

dragonmuse

I don’t want to jump the gun, but given the current political environment, I wonder if this tragedy will be exploited to further the call for marshal law. It only needs to be blamed on the left. I wouldn’t hold it past this administration. Damned be the evidence.

Flat-Emergency4891

None of the news outlets seem to be mentioning this:

They have just recently taken a [$100m+ order ](https://www.war.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/4313336/) from the DOD for TNT. Accurate Energetic Systems LLC is listed second.

Note, they were the only bidder for the contract.

This is because the number of TNT producers within the USA is actually tiny - to the point the [USA relied entirely on imports of TNT in up to 2024](https://www.ime.org/aws/IME/page_template/show_detail/577277?model_name=news_article) according to Institute Makers of Explosives (IME)

Rest in peace to all involved.

ToxicHazard-

Looks to be this [building](https://www.aesys.biz/lap)

Building looks similar to one on Google maps and footage.

Mysterious-Status-44

I’ve known people that have worked at Lake City, and it’s not unheard of for accidental explosion to occur. But never something of this magnitude. I find it odd that a company that has been doing this since 1980, as achieved ISO 9001:2015 and DOD safety certifications could have this happen. It’s also a small group of people, around 75 employees total. So clearly since they’re hyper specialized, they don’t make mistakes often and their employees probably know what not to screw up.

A small facility like that in an extremely rural area, probably didn’t have much in the way of security beyond access control and a couple guards. If they are at all in the supply chain for Ukraine’s war. I wouldn’t think it impossible that Russia could’ve identified that and flew something like a drone into the wrong process. 

It was probably a freak accident and mistake. But in this day and age you can’t rule out other possible scenarios. All angles should be investigated.

PugsAndHugs95

This is bad. I don't even see the building anymore? If there was one. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=75&amp;v=HDqd2peLel4&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stripersonline.com%2F

foxfai

If you look at before and after images of the building there's absolutely nothing left. 

Unfortunately anybody inside couldn't have survived.

Aquaman9214

Tally it up to failures of deregulation.  Trump’s legacy continues

almondblue22

well now that they got rid of all the “DEI hires” they can only blame themselves

djeeetyet

So I know this explosion warped one of the Doors at one of the buildings about a mile away. Thankfully no one was in that building at the time.

Gingerh1tman

They're going to blame "antifa", watch🙄

DarkArmyLieutenant

canyonoflight

... please tell me they're not going to make up accusations against antifa

LorderNile

That video needed to be zoomed out to show scale at some point

Massive_Confusion708

It appears to be Accurate Energetic Systems.  They are a defense contractor that makes explosives per their website.

theidealbt

This seems like a terrible situation. 

Side note: What a name for a town.

lilsaddam

They make the worst things you’d want to explode….claymores, 155mm artillery shells, C4 breaching charges…

andywarhaul

Video shot from 21 miles away capturing the blast.

No direct visual but audio is terrifying.

https://xcancel.com/Chinoy200096633/status/1976683775409930690?t=lPD0Y3sB0NjzY0k1T7zzbA&amp;s=19

CarOnMyFuckingFence

Damn, we’ll have to wait for the USCSB video in a year or two to give all the details.

Comprehensive-Cry171

No one really responsible will be held accountable.

braintamale76

aderpader

fancy-kitten

Away-Description-786

The deregulate everything crowd have another feather for their caps

JimmyJoeMick

Careful_Jackfruit144

I've spent a lot of time in Bucksnort, unironically, because it is near the home of Victor Wooten's Center For Music and Nature. It's quite literally in the middle of nowhere about an hour southwest of Nashville. I have driven around the area many times and was totally unaware there was an explosives factory there

PutTheCookieDown_Now

Safety regulations are a thing of the past now :(

jodocoiv

This is not a political post but a fact of our current administration, it may very well be related to what happened at this plant.

Under the Trump administration, significant deregulation efforts related to workplace safety have occurred, affecting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and other labor-related rules. These actions have included proposals to roll back or weaken dozens of safety and wage regulations, modify enforcement practices, and restrict the agency's authority.  [https://cepr.net/publications/trumps-deregulatory-bonanza-leaves-workers-unsafe-on-the-job/](https://cepr.net/publications/trumps-deregulatory-bonanza-leaves-workers-unsafe-on-the-job/)

Boberelli513

lykewtf

He_Was_Fuzzy_Was_He

isoripper

TurboCaca121

Sure have been a lot of these kinds of "accidents" lately...

One_Mathematician159

Social media has fucked with all of us too much. My first thought was with the people missing and worried families. Yet that was immediately thrown out the window when I saw which country that took explosion took place. Now, every time I am going to see this on social media, it's going to be used as political fingerpointing.

12-7_Apocalypse

Cue FOX story blaming the blast on illegal immigrants, Antifah, and transsexuals in 3…2…

NowhereMan_2020

I’m really hoping this isnt turned into a political attack about DEI hire or something else outrageous. May the fallen rest in peace however

SynsDad

If I had to get blown up at work I would prefer it be at the START of my long work weekend.

Gut_Feelings

ParsleySnipps

stikstonks13

keithstonee

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This is what happens when safety regs are lax.


No surprise it’s Tennessee

-SOFA-KING-VOTE-

All those pesky safety regulations have stopped this year thank goodness 🫤

Open-Year2903

don't you know we need to deregulate to have abundance

sZeroes

Deep-Enthusiasm8736

prybarwindow

Top-Muffin-3930

Aww man.

“Bucksnort” is a (hilariously named) real place east of Memphis. I know nothing about it other than I always laugh when I see the sign for the exit.

TheComplimentarian

DigitalCoffee

That place at Kingsport Tennessee. Man if that ever went up 😬

youshouldn-ofdunthat

Wintersage7

dishonorable_banana

So is this an "everything exploded" situation, or a "well there's missing people and possibly missing explosives" but we cant investigate the area yet?

Frog_Eat_Frog_World

Crazy to open Reddit and see this like 30 min away from home

huntlee17

I'm sorry.... "Bucksnort" is a name that was agreed upon?

ubernik

Adept-Shoe-7113

All I can say is it must of been a hell of a big building for that many people to have been inside. I’ve been to explosive manufacturers before - of course the places I went to never allowed more than 3 people inside the building.

The_Island_Idiot

The need zoomed out footage. I see some things that aren't so SFW.

rockstuffs

At least it makes sense. In my city, we had a giant explosion at a food and cosmetics color plant in my city last year.

thatG_evanP

I hate to come across as insensitive, but if I was playing Family Feud and the question was “most likely factory to explode” I’d probably wager an explosives factory, because well, you know.

whitecollarpizzaman

“I need a light……no a Bud Light!”

Trumpblows10

Well, that's one way to start the day. Yikes!

zoomplee

Expect more of these headlines, trumps making them claim the insurance money due to “art of the deal.”

Tuckfrumptearsponge

I could never work at a place that manufactures explosives or caustic materials. Ive met far too many people who make negligent, careless mistakes to ever trust other people around dangerous products

Shavidadavid

Cockgreyson

That's like an hour from where I live. I haven't seen anything about this.

backwoodsbatman

Serious question so if they make all these explosives, including nuclear bombs and stuff is all that now in the atmosphere? 

Sealightbreeze

![gif](giphy|26nfol8pzgPorM2t2|downsized)

Jmarsh99

I don't want to get into conspiracy theory territory, but this plant did make 155mm shells for Ukiane. I wouldn't rule out Rssain sabotage.

w00t4me

KamikazeSexPilot

PULLS-NOSE-HAIRS

BNG1982

I want to know how many were in the building this morning!

Interested615

Let's see how many osha violations they've had.

Repulsive-Wing-3250

Sounds like the buck fell snort in the safety department

Thunderbridge

They're accounted for

I'm looking right at them.

Shankar_0

It shook my friends house and he was almost 30 miles away from it..

ReedForman

I doubt anyone in that building even knew what happened.  Just lights out

evers12

If the 7:45 AM time is accurate, this chart is primed for rupture. Pluto sits almost exactly on the IC at 1° Aquarius, with less than one degree of separation. That’s pressure underground, force embedded in the structure of the land itself. In mundane astrology, Pluto on the IC often marks collapse or the surfacing of what has been buried for too long.

The IC-Pluto contact also reflects directly onto the MC, which becomes a stage for fallout. The event is rooted in a foundation breach, but its impact rises quickly to public view. With Pluto retrograde and angular, this feels like something old resurfacing, something too volatile to remain hidden any longer.

The chart ruler, Venus, sits at 25° Virgo in the 11th house. She’s in detriment, mutable, and under strain. Venus is applying with her opposition to Saturn and to Neptune. These oppositions stretch her thin where one planet pulls for structure, the other for dissolution. Venus can’t anchor the field in time. She tries to manage, to regulate, to harmonize, but she’s outmatched. Her condition reflects a loss of control in systems meant to offer order, especially those operating in coordination or service to a larger body.

Uranus has just retrograded into 0° Gemini and sits in the 8th house, as you mentioned. This is a textbook symbol for sudden, fatal rupture. The 8th governs death and materials handled behind the scenes. Uranus reentering this degree activates air and fragmentation, and its retrograde status suggests a loop, something returning or repeating. It’s not highly aspected by faster planets, other than the Moon just passing recently, which may be part of why the detonation was so unpredictable. It sits like a fuse already lit.

The MC at 0° Leo acts like a strike plate, receiving pressure from multiple directions. It’s sextile Uranus and the Moon, trine Saturn and Neptune, and opposed Pluto. That kind of configuration channels force. The MC is ruled by the Sun, currently in the 12th house, combust and invisible. Visibility comes through fallout.

The angles are loud and the malefics are keyed in. Mars in the 1st. Uranus is rogue after a conjunction with the Moon in the 8th. Pluto touches the roots of the chart with exactitude. These placements form a chain of buildup, pressure, ignition, and shock.

arcwalkerlivvia

Pluto right on an angle sure is suggestive, being associated with mass casualty events, unleashing of great power, as well as in some cases secret weapons projects. Tightly trine Uranus (abrupt and shocking events) and Neptune (chemicals) certainly fits, though this is a long-running configuration that would need a trigger.

It's interesting that Venus, the Ascendant ruler, is coming within orb of forming a Kite configuration with her opposition to Saturn, which also includes Neptune, Uranus, and possibly Luna (moving away from its conjunction with Uranus). Venus is also exactly quincunx Chiron and moving away from her sextile with Jupiter.

Chiron in Aries is conjunct an angle as well, square Jupiter in Cancer near the MC. Clearly this event makes a wound in both the family and economic life of the community it happened in.

This might be a reach, but the involvement of Venus (rather than, say, Mars) in this configuration makes me wonder whether copper was involved in the chemical reaction that caused the explosion. Molten copper is explosive in the presence of water. Note Saturn in Pisces conjunct Neptune - could corrosion of a water pipe have caused the explosion via a leak? [This has happened before.](https://www.timesonline.com/story/news/crime/2022/01/16/explosions-hussey-copper-caused-molten-copper-firefighters-stop-no-injuries/6549824001/) 

So, would copper have been present at an explosives plant?

[Thermites are pyrotechnic compositions that generate intense heat and are often used for welding or cutting metal. Copper (II) Oxide is an excellent oxidizer for thermite formulations, reacting with a metal fuel such as aluminum or magnesium to create a gasless, high-temperature reaction. Careful modification of the fuel-oxidizer ratio allows an explosives chemist to tune the heat output and burn rate, making it useful in various industrial applications. Its use in thermites further highlights the versatility and importance of this compound in the explosives industry.](https://www.noahchemicals.com/exploring-the-applications-of-copper-ii-oxide-in-military-and-commercial-pyrotechnics-and-propellants/)

PyrocumulusLightning

Watch them blame this on the left even though it was almost certainly people not following regulations like idiots. Again.

BlackwingF91

LordOfBottomFeeders

A catastrophic explosion at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant in Tennessee resulted in at least 19 people missing, raising concerns about worker safety and the cause of the explosion.

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