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Entries for December 1998
Wednesday
Dec 09 |
Aiken, S.C.: An employee was charged with arson in one of three fires at a tire plant subsequent to a massive warehouse blaze in November. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 09 |
St. Louis, MO: A worker at a chemical plant was injured when a container of hydrofluoric acid exploded in a laboratory. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 09 |
Chicago, IL: At least five airport workers were sickened when a small amount of toxic chemical spilled in cargo area. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 09 |
Leominster, MA: A supervisor at a plastics plant suffered an electrical shock sufficient to stop his heart. A co-worker successfully administered CPR and saved the supervisors life. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 08 |
Mount Asa, Australia: Emergency personnel were called in to recover numerous drums containing hazardous material that fell off the back of a truck. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 08 |
Pinellas County, FL: Organic peroxide kept in a chemical storage freezer at a manufacturing plant ignited when the cooling system broke down. Flames broke through the roof of the plant, but local firefighters were able to contain the fire. More information |
Monday
Dec 07 |
Puerto Rico: The latest of eight separate fatalities to workers repairing hurricane- damaged power lines occurred. More information |
Monday
Dec 07 |
Saluda, N.C.: A tractor-trailer rig carrying volatile sodium hydrosulfite overturned and caught fire, closing an interstate highway. Firefighters chose to let the fire burn itself out. More information |
Monday
Dec 07 |
Forcados, Nigeria: Protesters seized and shut down an oil terminal that usually produces 400,000 barrel per day of crude oil. More information |
Sunday
Dec 06 |
Denver, CO: A tanker truck rollover spilled nearly 7,000 gallons of gasoline into the South Platte River. The tanker driver was killed. More information |
Saturday
Dec 05 |
Perth, Australia: A chemical plant was destroyed in a massive blaze involving caustic soda, acetone, sulfuric and phoric acid. More information |
Friday
Dec 04 |
Yekaterinburg, Russia: Three workers died in an explosion and fire at a military warehouse where stores of artillery gunpowder were kept. More information |
Friday
Dec 04 |
Pittsburgh, PA: Two workers died from severe burns received in an explosion at an area plant. The workers were using a torch to dismantle a coal tar storage tank when the blast occurred. More information |
Friday
Dec 04 |
Point Comfort, TX: More than two dozen workers were hurt in an explosion at a plastics plant. The blast occurred in a part of the plant that handles ethylene dichloride. More information |
Friday
Dec 04 |
Plymouth, IN: A tanker truck carrying 5,200 gallons of gasoline and 2,700 gallons of diesel exploded when it was struck from the rear by another tractor-trailer rig. More information |
Thursday
Dec 03 |
Tucson, AZ: Flying metal debris from an laboratory explosion at a missile plant injured four workers. More information |
Thursday
Dec 03 |
Lawrence, KS: A hydraulic machine used to compress scrap paper at a greeting card printing plant accidently crushed a workers leg. More information |
Thursday
Dec 03 |
Bombay, India: Sixteen workers were hurt, eight fatally, when a construction scaffolding gave way. More information |
Thursday
Dec 03 |
Gary, IN: A private contractor was hospitalized after being buried up to his neck in sand while he installed a sewer line. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 02 |
Croton, CN: A worker who was near retirement fell into a coma and died after a fist fight with his shop steward over seniority. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 02 |
Moab, UT: Four workers were injured when a ruptured natural gas line exploded. The workers were laying a new gas line when the blast occurred. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 02 |
Tirana, Albania: Fire gutted a soft drink bottling plant. Firefighters battled the blaze for more than 10 hours. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 02 |
McGregor, TX: Police charge two juveniles with arson in a fire that destroyed a grain processing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 01 |
Miami, FL: Fire broke out as a jumbo jet airliner was being refueled from a tanker truck. A large fuel spill was also reported. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 01 |
Erie, PA: A tractor-trailer rig jackknifed spilling 7,000 pounds of organic peroxide on the ground. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 01 |
Chicago, IL: A vacant factory complex filling a city block was destroyed by fire. Police later filed an arson against a local man. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 01 |
Clearwater, S.C.: The EPA placed a lien on the property of a closed textile plant to cover the cost of disposing of thousands of barrels of leftover chemicals. More information |