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Entries for October 1998
Saturday
Oct 10 |
Alverston, South Africa: More than 5,900 gallons of gasoline spilled from a burst pipeline onto a school playground. More information |
Saturday
Oct 10 |
New York, N.Y.: A welder was killed in an explosion at a ship yard involving an empty oil barge in dry dock. The dead man was hurled 40 feet by the blast. Another worker was injured. More information |
Saturday
Oct 10 |
Monroe, MI: A worker at a nuclear power plant was in critical condition with severe burns after coming into contact with a 480-volt electrical connection. More information |
Saturday
Oct 10 |
Spokane, WA: A worker lost three fingers off his right hand in a foundry accident. More information |
Friday
Oct 09 |
Orlando, FL: Nearly 5,000 gallons of waste water contaminated with perchloroethylene drained from a holding tank into a nearby lake. The water had been pumped out of the ground at a dry-cleaning plant. More information |
Friday
Oct 09 |
Bogata, Columbia: Troops were called out to protect key refineries from violence during a country-wide general strike. More information |
Friday
Oct 09 |
Marlboro Township, Ohio: Unignited natural gas leaking from a high-pressure well triggered an evacuation of nearby homes. More information |
Thursday
Oct 08 |
Moses Lake, WA: A cloud of tetrachloride gas was released by an explosion at a silicon refinery. Four of the six workers injured were listed in critical condition with breathing difficulties. Of the critical cases, one died 16 days later. More information |
Thursday
Oct 08 |
Carson, CA: Three workers were injured in an explosion and fire at an oil refinery processing unit. None of the injuries were life threatening. More information |
Thursday
Oct 08 |
Sungai Semenyih, Malaysia: An electrical transformer exploded at the water treatment plant, shutting down the water supply to nearly 1.2 million people. More information |
Thursday
Oct 08 |
Middlesex, N.J.: A security guard who suffered second-degree burns over 90 percent of his body in an Aug. 6 chemical plant explosion died. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 07 |
Houston, TX: A recently installed and previously unused 24-inch pipeline exploded during a test involving about 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel. The blast injured one worker and demolished an electrical transmission tower. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 07 |
Reno, NV: A truck carrying 1,000 gallons of propane exploded while making a residential delivery, destroying a nearby house. No injuries were reported. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 07 |
Billings, MT: An overturned tanker truck spilled nearly 1,500 gallons of lube oil onto a busy roadway. No injuries were reported. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 07 |
Pittsburgh, PA: Sprinklers helped contain a fire that broke out at a foundry when a broken line spewed hydraulic fluid onto heated metal. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 07 |
Houston, TX: A tanker truck carrying acid overturned, forcing residents of a nearby home to evacuate. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 07 |
Danbury, N.C. A tanker truck carrying hazardous chemicals overturned on a state highway. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 06 |
Woodside, CA: A tanker truck plunged into a gulch with a 7,000 gallon cargo of gas and diesel fuel. Emergency personnel managed to unload the fuel without further incident. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 06 |
Edmonton, Alberta: A fire in the catalytic cracker at an oil refinery shut the plant down from more than a week. Several employees were injured. More information |
Monday
Oct 05 |
Woburn, MA: Although the fuel tank on an overturned tanker truck burst into flames, the trucks cargo of liquid natural gas remained safe. The driver was killed. The accident shut down traffic into Boston during morning rush hour. More information |
Monday
Oct 05 |
Pascagoula, MS: More than 1,500 residents were evacuated after fire broke out at a propane storage facility. No injuries were reported. More information |
Monday
Oct 05 |
Ridgeway, PA: A train derailment resulted in a spill of sulfuric acid and sodium hydroxide, creating a vapor cloud. Nearly 100 people were evacuated from a nearby small town. More information |
Sunday
Oct 04 |
Mead, WA: A spill of molten metal filled an aluminum foundry with smoke. No injuries were reported. More information |
Sunday
Oct 04 |
Belview, Ireland: Three workers were injured in a fire and explosion at a plant specializing in wood products. None of the injuries were life threatening. More information |
Thursday
Oct 01 |
New Orleans, LA: Nearly 155,000 gallons of crude oil spilled from an underwater pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico near the Mississippi River. The spill was initially attributed to the wrong company. More information |
Thursday
Oct 01 |
Clinton, N.J.: A worker was burned in an explosion at a commercial waste incinerator. Company officials believe a discarded propane bottle was fed into a shredder. More information |
Thursday
Oct 01 |
Aberdeen, MD: Nearly 500 gallons of a chemical that had to be neutralized with soda ash spilled onto the ground at an Army wastewater treatment plant. More information |
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