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Entries for May 2004
Monday
May 31 |
Mumbai, India: 8 contract workers were injured in a large fire at a pharmaceutical plant. More information |
Saturday
May 29 |
Sydney Australia: Fire destroyed a large plastics factory. More information |
Friday
May 28 |
Pascagoula, MS: Sulphur dioxide released from a chemical plant caused nearby employees to have respiratory problems. More information |
Friday
May 28 |
Uitenhage, South Africa: Firefighters worked to control a blaze at a motor manufacturing plant that started in a gas facility. More information |
Thursday
May 27 |
Indianapolis, IN: A possible forklift malfunction at a heating and cooling company resulted in fatal injuries to a tow cart driver. More information |
Thursday
May 27 |
Decatur, AL: Firefighters battled a fire at a recycling plant that spread to a nearby field and utility poles. More information |
Thursday
May 27 |
St. Paul Park, MN: Refinery workers shut down a fluid catalytic cracking unit, allowing some of the silica catalyst to escape and dust 150 homes in a nearby neighborhood. More information |
Wednesday
May 26 |
Millinocket, ME: It took 12 hours for firefighters to extinguish a a recycling plant blaze that burned 45,000 tons of paper. More information |
Monday
May 24 |
Mihailesti,Romania: An overturned truck carrying ammonium nitratefertilizer exploded after a road accident killing 17 people andinjuring many others. More information |
Saturday
May 22 |
Columbiana, TN: 13 fire departments responded to a fire at a furniture factory. More information |
Saturday
May 22 |
Laconia, NH: Workers using acetylene torches caused a fire that heavily damaged a sawmill for the second time in a month. More information |
Thursday
May 20 |
Zhemgshou, China: A vessel explosion at a machinery plant caused by overpressure in an unpressurized vessel left 2 employees dead and three injured. More information |
Thursday
May 20 |
Newark, NY: A fire at a battery plant caused by a spark when two battery terminals touched injured 6 firefighters. More information |
Wednesday
May 19 |
Salinas, CA: A fire at a 4-acre cardboard storage yard at a packaging company caused about $2 million damage. More information |
Wednesday
May 19 |
San Bruno, CA: A fire at a fiberglass company destroyed a manufacturing building. More information |
Wednesday
May 19 |
Takayama, Gifu A boiler at a recycling plant exploded leaving one worker dead and 2 others injured. More information |
Tuesday
May 18 |
Saldhana Bay, South Africa: A steel mill shut down in order to repair damage incurred by a furnace blast. More information |
Tuesday
May 18 |
Elwood, IN: A railroad employee was killed after a semitrailer and train collided at a tomato processing plant. More information |
Tuesday
May 18 |
Smithfield,NC: An employee at a lumber mill was killed when dust ina silo exploded. More information |
Monday
May 17 |
Chorley, UK: Fire crews spent 36 hours battling a fire at a rubber packaging factory. More information |
Monday
May 17 |
Caro, MI: Firefighters spent 16 hour battling a fire at an ethanol plant that spread to a system of pipes, blowers, and heating elements. More information |
Monday
May 17 |
Stockertown, PA: An employee at a plastics company slipped and fell into a container of water heated to about 180 degrees. More information |
Sunday
May 16 |
Nanning, China: A bomb exploded while being cut upat a steel factory injuring 6 workers. More information |
Sunday
May 16 |
Cattenom, Moselle, France: Electrical cables caught fire in the non-nuclear side of a nuclear power plant causing authorities to shut down the reactor. More information |
Saturday
May 15 |
Laconia, NH: A fire in a wax machine at a casting plant was extinguished by sprinklers. More information |
Saturday
May 15 |
Kapar, Malaysia: A fire started in the midsection of a glove manufacturer destroying the factory. More information |
Friday
May 14 |
Tay Ninh, Vietnam: Dozens of workers were injured in a fire at a gas lighter manufacturing plant. More information |
Friday
May 14 |
Chalmette, LA: A pump seal ignited in the crude unit of an oil refinery. More information |
Friday
May 14 |
Glasgow, Scotland: Nine workers died in an explosion that destoryed a plastic plant More information |
Thursday
May 13 |
Missisauga, Ontario: An explosion resulted when chemical plant workers mixed phosphoric acid with nitric acid. More information |
Thursday
May 13 |
Heywood, UK: 30 firefighters extinguished a fire at an adhesive factory workshop. More information |
Wednesday
May 12 |
Beijing, China: At least 20 construction workers were killed when the scaffolding around an industrial chimney collapsed. More information |
Tuesday
May 11 |
Chaing Mai, Thailand: 1 employee and was killed and another was injured when a gas cylinder exploded at a factory because of heat generated while filling it. More information |
Tuesday
May 11 |
Calipatria,CA: One person died when a truck hauling 10,000 poundsof dry sulfur overturned and caught fire. More information |
Monday
May 10 |
Mississauga,Ontario: A gunman surrendered to police after he openedfire at a factory, killing 1 man and injuring 2 others. More information |
Monday
May 10 |
High Point, N.C.: A fire in a 2,300 gallon tank closed a paint factory for three days. More information |
Friday
May 07 |
Charlotte, NC: 150 fire-fighters worked to extinguish a chemical fire sparked by static electricity at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
May 06 |
Zhengzhou, Beijing: 15 workers died and 19 others injured after a storage shelf collapsed at a cold storage facility. More information |
Thursday
May 06 |
Hartford, WI: Sawdust used to heat a wood product plant sparked a fire that caused extensive damage. More information |
Tuesday
May 04 |
Hamilton Township,NJ: A worker at a steel company was killed after beinghit in the head with a steel beam being moved by a crane. More information |
Monday
May 03 |
Whyalla, Australia: A fire in a steel factory cooling tower caused $500,000 damage and was difficult for firefighters to extinguish. More information |
Monday
May 03 |
New Caledonia, France: An explosion from a steam pressurized equipment in a chocolate factory left 2 workers dead. More information |
Monday
May 03 |
Dhaka, Bangladesh: An electrical transformer exploded, causing 4,000 workers to rush for exits, killing at least 5 women. More information |
Saturday
May 01 |
Duferco, Belgium: A high-pressure natural gas pipeline ruptured causing an explosion at a metal working plant. More information |
Saturday
May 01 |
Lancaster New Era,PA: 4 workers at a floor plant are dead after a factoryexplosion and fire. More information |
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