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Entries for August 2002
Tuesday
Aug 20 |
Schroeder, MN: Firefighters extinguished a blaze in the coal handling area of a power plant without affecting customers. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 20 |
Amersfoort, The Netherlands: A train carrying 70,000 litres of acrylonitrile began leaking its cargo, forcing the evacuation of a portion of the town. The cargo was shipped back to its point of origin in Rotterdam. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 20 |
Kambara, Japan: A fire at an aluminum plant left 1 worker burned. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 20 |
Schroeder, MN: Firefighters extinguished a blaze in the coal handling area of a power plant without affecting customers. More information |
Monday
Aug 19 |
Gaylord, MI: Firefighters at a wood products plant made quick work of a fire that broke out in a machine used to press wood particles into boards More information |
Monday
Aug 19 |
Sevierville, TN: An explosion ripped through a metal plating plant seriously injuring 2 workers. More information |
Monday
Aug 19 |
Zachary, LA: Chemical spewing from a ruptured hose burst into flame at a chemical plant. No injuries. More information |
Monday
Aug 19 |
Gainesville, GA: More than a dozen people were treated after an ammonia leak at a poultry processing plant. More information |
Monday
Aug 19 |
Gaylord, MI: Firefighters at a wood products plant made quick work of a fire that broke out in a machine used to press wood particles into boards More information |
Monday
Aug 19 |
Sevierville, TN: An explosion ripped through a metal plating plant seriously injuring 2 workers. More information |
Monday
Aug 19 |
Zachary, LA: Chemical spewing from a ruptured hose burst into flame at a chemical plant. No injuries. More information |
Sunday
Aug 18 |
Houston, TX: A pipe carrying fuel from shipping docks to storage tanks ruptured, igniting the tank. Subsurface foam was injected. More information |
Sunday
Aug 18 |
Pierre Part, LA: 5 workers were extensively burned in the explosion of an oil and gas well. More information |
Sunday
Aug 18 |
Pyungtaek, Korea: An explosion at an adhesives plant left 3 dead and 14 injured. More information |
Sunday
Aug 18 |
Houston, TX: A pipe carrying fuel from shipping docks to storage tanks ruptured, igniting the tank. Subsurface foam was injected. More information |
Sunday
Aug 18 |
Pierre Part, LA: 5 workers were extensively burned in the explosion of an oil and gas well. More information |
Sunday
Aug 18 |
Pyungtaek, Korea: An explosion at an adhesives plant left 3 dead and 14 injured. More information |
Saturday
Aug 17 |
St. Marys, GA: A boiler explosion left 3 paper plant workers in critical condition. 1 later died from burns received. More information |
Saturday
Aug 17 |
Trail, British Columbia: More than 80 smelter workers were exposed to toxic thallium in two separate incidents. Broken air hoses and decontamination errors were blamed. More information |
Saturday
Aug 17 |
St. Marys, GA: A boiler explosion left 3 paper plant workers in critical condition. 1 later died from burns received. More information |
Saturday
Aug 17 |
Trail, British Columbia: More than 80 smelter workers were exposed to toxic thallium in two separate incidents. Broken air hoses and decontamination errors were blamed. More information |
Friday
Aug 16 |
Lynn Township, MI: Flames broke through the roof of an aluminum plant, forcing evacuation. More information |
Friday
Aug 16 |
Prudhoe Bay, AK: An explosion at an oil well threw an operator 50 feet and incinerated his truck. More information |
Friday
Aug 16 |
Waterbury, CT: Swelling drums of hydrogen peroxide forced the evacuation of a chemical warehouse. More information |
Friday
Aug 16 |
Lynn Township, MI: Flames broke through the roof of an aluminum plant, forcing evacuation. More information |
Friday
Aug 16 |
Prudhoe Bay, AK: An explosion at an oil well threw an operator 50 feet and incinerated his truck. More information |
Friday
Aug 16 |
Waterbury, CT: Swelling drums of hydrogen peroxide forced the evacuation of a chemical warehouse. More information |
Thursday
Aug 15 |
Spolana, Czech Republic: A flooded chemical plant began leaking chlorine into the air. A second leak was reported Aug. 23. More information |
Thursday
Aug 15 |
St. Joseph Township, MI: An explosion at a steel fabricating plant killed a welder and hurled a 130-pound die cover 50 feet up into the plants roof. More information |
Thursday
Aug 15 |
Toledo, OH: A worker died from injuries when his arm became caught in a machine at a rubber recycling plant.. More information |
Thursday
Aug 15 |
Spolana, Czech Republic: A flooded chemical plant began leaking chlorine into the air. A second leak was reported Aug. 23. More information |
Thursday
Aug 15 |
St. Joseph Township, MI: An explosion at a steel fabricating plant killed a welder and hurled a 130-pound die cover 50 feet up into the plants roof. More information |
Thursday
Aug 15 |
Toledo, OH: A worker died from injuries when his arm became caught in a machine at a rubber recycling plant.. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 14 |
Buffalo, N.Y.: A fire at a hazardous waste plant left the community concerned about downwind exposure. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 14 |
Festus, MO: A hose line at a chlorine repackaging plant burst, resulting in area evacuations. 3 workers were hospitalized overnight. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 14 |
Roxana, IL: Liquid asphalt poured from a ruptured pipe at a petrochemical refinery, requiring a large-scale cleanup. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 14 |
Festus, MO: A hose line at a chlorine repackaging plant burst, resulting in area evacuations. 3 workers were hospitalized overnight. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 14 |
Roxana, IL: Liquid asphalt poured from a ruptured pipe at a petrochemical refinery, requiring a large-scale cleanup. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 13 |
Tamaqua, PA: Fire broke out at a small metals plant that produces magnesium granules and powders. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 13 |
South Plainfield, N.J.: A runaway reaction sent 3 chemical plant workers to the hospital with burns. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 13 |
Tamaqua, PA: Fire broke out at a small metals plant that produces magnesium granules and powders. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 13 |
South Plainfield, N.J.: A runaway reaction sent 3 chemical plant workers to the hospital with burns. More information |
Monday
Aug 12 |
Peach Bottom Township, PA: Fire broke out in a storage cool-down facility. More information |
Monday
Aug 12 |
Texas City, TX: A lightning strike shut down a fluid catalytic cracking unit at a gasoline refinery. More information |
Monday
Aug 12 |
Peach Bottom Township, PA: Fire broke out in a storage cool-down facility. More information |
Monday
Aug 12 |
Texas City, TX: A lightning strike shut down a fluid catalytic cracking unit at a gasoline refinery. More information |
Sunday
Aug 11 |
Northampton, PA: 1 worker died and 2 others injured when a pressurized pump burst while being repaired at a paper recycling plant. More information |
Sunday
Aug 11 |
West Jefferson, OH: A premature detonation during a research experiment injured 2 explosives plant workers. More information |
Sunday
Aug 11 |
Northampton, PA: 1 worker died and 2 others injured when a pressurized pump burst while being repaired at a paper recycling plant. More information |
Sunday
Aug 11 |
West Jefferson, OH: A premature detonation during a research experiment injured 2 explosives plant workers. More information |
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