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Entries for October 2004
Monday
Oct 11 |
Pennington, AL: Hydrogen sulfide fumes killed two workers and injured eight after chemical runoff at a paper mill drained into sewers. More information |
Monday
Oct 11 |
Hamburg , Germany : Workers began to demolish the wrong storage fuel tank at a fuel storage depot. More information |
Sunday
Oct 10 |
Albany , GA : Sparks from a welding torch ignited a fire in a rubber plant air duct, forcing the evacuation of employees. More information |
Sunday
Oct 10 |
Al-Ahmadi, Kuwait : A petroleum refinery was shut down for several hours due to a leak in a major steam pipe. More information |
Sunday
Oct 10 |
Kilkenny , Ireland : A fire destroyed a carpet warehouse and catering depot at a carpet factory. More information |
Saturday
Oct 09 |
Niagara Falls, NY: A fire caused more than $100,000 damage to a paper recycling plant. More information |
Saturday
Oct 09 |
Montpellier , France : Hazmat officials investigated an odor coming from a truck carrying methyl acrylate. More information |
Friday
Oct 08 |
Huddersfield , UK : An employee was pronounced dead after being found in a large mixing tank at a chemical factory. More information |
Thursday
Oct 07 |
Sauget , IL : Hydrogen sulfide was spilled at an industrial plant causing a foul odor. More information |
Thursday
Oct 07 |
Danbury , CT : A fire of unknown cause damaged a septic tank manufacturing plant. More information |
Thursday
Oct 07 |
Greenup , IL : A tanker truck leaked hydrofluoric acid, causing an interstate highway to be closed for about 10 hours. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 06 |
Cambridgeshire , UK : Isocyanate and carbon dioxide leaked at an automotive factory, forcing the evacuation of 35 workers. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 06 |
Beijing , China : Two people were killed and 16 others injured in a fire at an electronics plant. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 06 |
Renfrewshire , UK : Deadly fumes from nitric acid spilling on metal at an engineering plant forced employees to evacuate. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 06 |
Springdale , AR : Highly combustible materials started a fire at a plastics plant, spreading from a storage facility to a nearby . More information |
Tuesday
Oct 05 |
Margao , India : A container carrying gherkins in brine overturned and leaked, halting traffic for 5 hours. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 05 |
Guangxi, China : 31 people were killed and 57 others injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 05 |
Malta , OH: A fire broke out in a silo at a wood manufacturing plant. More information |
Monday
Oct 04 |
Abbotsford , BC : A worker was killed when he was crushed by machinery at a wood mill. More information |
Monday
Oct 04 |
Peekskill , NY : Three recycling plant employees were injured when a welding torch they were using ignited a nearby tank, causing an explosion. More information |
Sunday
Oct 03 |
Ayutthaya, Thailand : 14 people were killed and several others injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory. More information |
Sunday
Oct 03 |
Kaukauna , WI : A fire broke out in a machine that makes stretchable plastic at a plastics plant. More information |
Saturday
Oct 02 |
Lancaster , NY : A fire of unknown cause destroyed a printing factory. More information |
Friday
Oct 01 |
Marshall , MN : A fire caused by a cutting torch during demolition work damaged a food plant. More information |
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