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Entries for July 1998
Friday
Jul 31 |
Quebec, Canada: An employee at a recycling plant nearQuebec was killed in an accident involving an industrial shredder. More information |
Friday
Jul 31 |
Savannah, GA: A tanker truck used by a construction companyoverturned spilling 500 gallons of diesel fuel. More information |
Friday
Jul 31 |
Missoula, MT: Fire destroyed much of an electrical substation,causing millions in damages. Firefighters who responded are being monitored for possibleexposure to PCB. More information |
Friday
Jul 31 |
Cambridge, MA: A rail yard accident caused a small rupture in atank car containing hydrochloric acid. Area businesses and a nearby highway were closed. More information |
Thursday
Jul 30 |
Magna, UT: A tractor-trailer rig hauling anhydrous ammoniaoverturned after being sideswiped by a car. The area was evacuated and the roadway closedfor hours. More information |
Thursday
Jul 30 |
Haddam, CN: A 1,000 gallon spill of radioactive cooling watercaused the shut down of a nuclear reactor used for electrical generation. More information |
Thursday
Jul 30 |
Atlanta, GA: Noxious odors forced the evacuation of 300 employeesfrom a communications facility. A pest control company was treating the eight-storybuilding. More information |
Thursday
Jul 30 |
Hercules, CA: Fire broke out at a closed refinery as workersdismantled a storage tank. More information |
Thursday
Jul 30 |
Henry County, GA: A worker for a pipeline company died when theunsupported walls of a construction ditch collapsed. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 29 |
Idaho Falls, ID: Four workers at a Department of Energyresearch facility suffered oxygen depravation when carbon dioxide was released by a firesuppression system. One of the workers died. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 29 |
Conover, N.C.: A worker was injured while loading afoam-wrapping machine and died. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 29 |
Havana, Cuba: More than 100 tons of crude oil was accidentlyreleased from an oil refinery into Havana Bay. Workers to close oil tank valves afterroutine maintenance. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 29 |
Balaton, MN: A tanker truck overturned spilling 4,000gallons of condensed skim milk into a lake. The driver was killed. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 29 |
Martinez, CA: A smoky fire in the crude oil processing unit of arefinery caused local concern. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 28 |
Hammond, IN: An explosion followed by a huge fireball erupted ata coal-fired electrical generating plant near Lake Michigan. At least 17 workers wereinjured. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 28 |
Milwaukee, WI: Firefighters responded to an ammonia spill at alocal brewery. No injuries were reported. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 28 |
Warsaw, IN: Thirteen workers were hospitalized as the result of afire that destroyed nearly one-third of a massive foundry. A spill of molten metalpreceded the blaze. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 28 |
Seguin, TX: Emergency workers were forced to burn off theethylene cargo of an overturned refrigerated tanker truck. The risk of rupture by liftingthe full tanker was too great. More information |
Monday
Jul 27 |
Somerville, MA: An eight-alarm fire destroyed an inkmanufacturing plant after at least 10 explosions inside. One woman was seriously burned. More information |
Saturday
Jul 25 |
Andover, MA: An explosion and three-alarm fire at a metal foundryinjured three people. More information |
Saturday
Jul 25 |
Memphis, TN: Hundreds of workers in an industrial park wereevacuated when chemicals being mixed to make flea collars ignited. The fire took threehours to bring under control. More information |
Friday
Jul 24 |
Valdese, N.C.: A tanker truck carrying a flammable cargostruck an overpass and exploded, collapsing the overpass. One body was retrieved from therig. More information |
Friday
Jul 24 |
Lagos, Nigeria: A pipeline burst spilling more than 1,800 barrelsof crude oil. The accident comes on the heels of a decision to evacuate staff frompipeline flow stations in southeast Nigeria after a wave of attacks by local youths. More information |
Friday
Jul 24 |
Bessie, OK: Two workers were listed in critical condition after agas well explosion. More information |
Friday
Jul 24 |
New Orleans, LA: Workers were evacuated from a cold storage plantafter a supply line carrying anhydrous ammonia ruptured. Workers and hazmat personnel shutoff a valve to the broken pipe. More information |
Thursday
Jul 23 |
Texas City, TX: Three workers dismantling an out-of-service oilrefinery process unit suffered injuries in an explosion. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 22 |
DeSoto, GA: A tanker truck carrying gasoline overturned,blocking a major highway for more than 12 hours. The driver was killed. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 22 |
Empire, LA: Two oil field storage tanks located at an isolatedsite ignited and burned during a thunderstorm. Coast Guard officials were unable to reachthe site with firefighting equipment. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 22 |
Dandenong, Australia: Thirty people at a waste processing plantrequired treatment when titanium tetrochloride reacted with water, creating hydrochloricacid vapor. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 21 |
Oakland, CA: A five-alarm fire raced through a warehouse used bytwo trucking companies. Firefighters were concerned about the possibility of hazardousmaterials at the site. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 21 |
Hawthorne, CA: Ten people required treatment after adichlorosilane leak at a computer chip manufacturing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 21 |
Columbus, OH: Municipal firefighters evacuated nearly 50 workersand closed nearby roads when ethylhexl methacrylate was found leaking from atractor-trailer rig. An EPA official later said the evacuation was unwarranted. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 21 |
Green Bay, WI: Arson charges were filed against an employee of alocal plant that burned in February. The employee faces up to 40 years in prison. More information |
Monday
Jul 20 |
St. Charles Parish, LA: Sulfur dioxide released from the watertreatment system at a chemical plant required more than 80 workers to be taken to a localhospital. Most returned to work after the incident. More information |
Monday
Jul 20 |
Angola, IN: A fire at a manufacturing plant was quickly broughtunder control with one injury. More information |
Monday
Jul 20 |
Superior, WI: A propane tank truck caught fire in the fleetrepair shop of a fuel delivery company prompted a neighborhood evacuation when it spreadto a house next door. Three workers were injured. More information |
Saturday
Jul 18 |
Farmington, MA: Fire destroyed a manufacturingplant despite the efforts of firefighters from nine surrounding towns. More information |
Friday
Jul 17 |
Venice, LA: Three workers died when the drilling sectionof an offshore oil rig collapsed, sweeping 15 workers into the sea. More information |
Friday
Jul 17 |
Anaheim, CA: More than 300 employees were evacuated due to a fireat a computer parts manufacturing plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 17 |
Saticoy, CA: Firefighters repaired a chlorine leak at a vegetablepacking plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 16 |
Memphis, TN: A tanker truck carrying diesel crashed in the frontyard of a local residence, spilling most of its cargo. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 15 |
Las Vegas, NV: A tanker truck spilled nearly 2,000 gallons ofgasoline in a collision with another vehicle. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 15 |
Redmond, WA: An explosion involving hydrogen gas knocked a36-by-70-foot hole in the roof of a circuit-board manufacturing plant. Company officialssaid the gas was formed when chemicals mixed in the plants waste treatment unit. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 15 |
Los Alamitos, CA: An acid spill at an aerospace plant forced theevacuation of 375 workers. At least 15 workers were treated for minor injuries andreleased. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 15 |
Philadelphia, PA: A small foundry for ornamental items owned bythe same family for nearly 75 years was destroyed by fire. The loss was not insured. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 15 |
Sunflower, AZ: A tanker truck accident spilled nearly 7,000gallons of used motor oil across a roadway and nearby creek. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 15 |
Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela: Firefighters fought five hours tocontrol a fire caused by an explosion at an oil refinery. The plant, which normallyprocesses 200,000 barrels a day, had been shut down for maintenance since May. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 15 |
Salinas, CA: An explosion at a produce processing plant that wasinitially reported to involve hazardous materials turned out to be a ruptured aircompressor. No workers were injured. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 15 |
New Orleans, LA: Workers discovered a human leg bone insidetanker truck used for transporting soybean oil. Authorities are trying to determine howthe bone got there. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 15 |
Dane, WI: Nearly 3,000 gallons of liquid fertilizer spilled froman overturned tanker truck. More information |
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