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Entries for June 2004
Saturday
Jun 26 |
Youngtown, Australia: A furnace at a steel plant explodedwhen molten metal came in contact with water. More information |
Saturday
Jun 26 |
Feyzin, France: Fire broke out in a diesel desulphurization unit of an oil refinery. More information |
Friday
Jun 25 |
Leominster, MA: A fire in an overheated laser forced the evacuationof an optics plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 24 |
Red Bluff, CA: Sprinklers helped save the interior of a tirerecaping plant when fire broke out.o More information |
Thursday
Jun 24 |
Salina, KS: A fire and acid spill closed part of an electriclight plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 23 |
Decatur, AL: About 15,000 gallons of hydrochloric acidleaked at a corn syrup plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 22 |
Algiers, Algeria: An explosion and fire ripped through an Algerianpower plant, injuring 10. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 22 |
Leziat, U.K.: Fire broke out in the chimney of a resincoating plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 22 |
Secunda, South Africa: One worker was killed in an explosionat an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 22 |
Sparks, MD: Operations came to a halt at a shipping facilitywhen a package containing mercury leaked. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 22 |
El Paso, TX: Two workers were injured in an explosionat a refinerys maintenance shop. More information |
Monday
Jun 21 |
Bruchmuhlback-Miesau, Germany: About 2.5 tons of cosmeticpowder caught fire when a dryer overheated. More information |
Monday
Jun 21 |
Chesterfield, VA: One person was injured when about hydrochloricacid leaked at an asphalt company. More information |
Monday
Jun 21 |
Miami, FL: An ammonia leak at a bottling plant forcedemployees to evacuate. More information |
Sunday
Jun 20 |
Cairns, Australia: Ammonium nitrate spilled from an overturnedtruck, forcing authorities to close a major highway. More information |
Sunday
Jun 20 |
Almalo, Russia: An explosion ruptured an oil pipeline. More information |
Saturday
Jun 19 |
Freemont, OH: Equipment carrying a 480-volt charge fell ata plastics plant, killing one man. More information |
Saturday
Jun 19 |
Erdington, U.K.: A major fire broke out at a plasticsfactory. More information |
Saturday
Jun 19 |
Achern, Germany: Three warehouses at a plastics recyclingplant were destroyed by fire, as was a furniture factory on the samesite. More information |
Friday
Jun 18 |
Tuscaloosa, AL: A toxic chemical spill along a two-mile stretchof railroad tracks led to the closing of several streets. More information |
Friday
Jun 18 |
Perry, GA: Two men died of heat stroke while working on theroof of a chicken processing plant. More information |
Friday
Jun 18 |
Woods County, OK: A lightning strike ignited oil fieldwaste stored at a salt water disposal facility. More information |
Friday
Jun 18 |
Windy Lake, Northwest Territory: More than 5,000 gallonsof diesel spilled into waterway from an industrial source. More information |
Friday
Jun 18 |
Montpelier, VT: A transformer fire forced the shut down ofa nuclear power plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 17 |
Franklin, TN: Fire closed a sewing machine plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 17 |
Thibodaux, LA: A man shot and killed an employee working ata window manufacturing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 15 |
Haifa, Israel: Explosions and fire erupted at an oil refineryonly days after an earlier fire. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 15 |
Nampa, ID: A worker at a meat processing plant died when hebecame caught in machinery. More information |
Monday
Jun 14 |
Cuddapha, India: A fire in a cable trench affected productionat a cement plant. More information |
Friday
Jun 11 |
Waterloo, Ontario: Explosions lead to a 3-hour fire at a chemicalplant. More information |
Saturday
Jun 05 |
Norfolk, UK: More than 100 people were evacuated after a firebroke out near tanks containing sodium hypochlorite More information |
Saturday
Jun 05 |
Cixi City, China: 4 people were killed and 2 injured while makingrepairs to diesel electric machinery that exploded at a hardware factory. More information |
Friday
Jun 04 |
Valaparaiso, IN: A steel worker cleaning an electric furnacewas found dead after injuries suffered from a fall and accident withheavy equipment. More information |
Friday
Jun 04 |
La Porte, TX: An explosion at a power plant caused by a rupturedwater main left one man dead. More information |
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