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February 1, 2007

Station: In 2004, warning placed on state's foam order

The president of the company that sold the polyurethane foam to The Station did not believe this company gave the owners a written warning about the flamability of their product.

Aram DerManouelian, president of American Foam in Johnston, told the grand jury his company did sell fire-retardant foam to schools. And he said the company would supply a safety sheet when requested by a buyer.

But DerManouelian said he doubted the company included an MSDS safety sheet with the order. He said that was not the company's practice.

DerManouelian did read for the Grand Jury a fax from Michael Derderian on June 9, 2000 ordering the foam.

"Please accept our order for 25 blocks of sound foam. If you have any questions, please give me a call..."

The price was $580.75. (DerManouelian testified that the fire-retardant foam would have cost twice as much. )

A year after the fire, American Foam sold the state attorney general 50 sets of this same foam for its tests for $1,161.

There's a warning notice attached to that invoice. "POLYURETHANE FOAM IS FLAMMABLE. Do not expose polyurethane foam to radiant heat, open flames, space heaters, burning operations..."

Posted by Peter Phipps  at 11:55 AM | Permalink

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