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Entries for August 2004
Tuesday
Aug 31 |
Clarksville, TN: Flames from a ethyl acetate spill seriously burned a worker at a printing and packaging plant. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 31 |
Clarksville, TN: Flames from a ethyl acetate spill seriously burned a worker at a printing and packaging plant. More information |
Monday
Aug 30 |
Port of Catoosa, OK: Nearly 1,000 gallons of sulphuric acid spilled at a galvanizing plant. More information |
Monday
Aug 30 |
Seal, Alberta: Fire broke out in a tank farm at an oil processing plant. More information |
Monday
Aug 30 |
Whittlesey, U.K.: Fire spread through large quantities of paper and plastics at a packaging plant. More information |
Monday
Aug 30 |
Zeebrugge, Belgium: A three-ton propeller came loose from a wind-driven generator and flew almost 100 yards. More information |
Monday
Aug 30 |
Port of Catoosa, OK: Nearly 1,000 gallons of sulphuric acid spilled at a galvanizing plant. More information |
Monday
Aug 30 |
Seal, Alberta: Fire broke out in a tank farm at an oil processing plant. More information |
Monday
Aug 30 |
Whittlesey, U.K.: Fire spread through large quantities of paper and plastics at a packaging plant. More information |
Monday
Aug 30 |
Zeebrugge, Belgium: A three-ton propeller came loose from a wind-driven generator and flew almost 100 yards. More information |
Sunday
Aug 29 |
Pretoria, South Africa: A natural gas pipeline near a gas facility ruptured and exploded. More information |
Sunday
Aug 29 |
Chongqing, China: Ten people were overcome after an ammonia spill at a beverage factory. More information |
Sunday
Aug 29 |
Pretoria, South Africa: A natural gas pipeline near a gas facility ruptured and exploded. More information |
Sunday
Aug 29 |
Chongqing, China: Ten people were overcome after an ammonia spill at a beverage factory. More information |
Saturday
Aug 28 |
Springfield, TN: About 100 gallons of polyurethane spilled at a plant specializing in foam insulation for cars, finding its way into a nearby creek. More information |
Saturday
Aug 28 |
Springfield, TN: About 100 gallons of polyurethane spilled at a plant specializing in foam insulation for cars, finding its way into a nearby creek. More information |
Thursday
Aug 26 |
Ferris, TX: An explosion at an aircraft parts plant involving cyanide sent 12 people to hospitals, two with critical injuries. More information |
Thursday
Aug 26 |
Ferris, TX: An explosion at an aircraft parts plant involving cyanide sent 12 people to hospitals, two with critical injuries. More information |
Thursday
Aug 19 |
Moss Bluff, TX: An explosion at an underground gas storage facility sent flames rocketing 200 feet skyward. More information |
Thursday
Aug 19 |
Moss Bluff, TX: An explosion at an underground gas storage facility sent flames rocketing 200 feet skyward. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 17 |
Belouizdad, Algeria:A cosmetics plant was destroyed by fire after an explosion. 2 workers died and 5 others were injured. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 17 |
St. Petersburg, Russia:Bromomethyl spilled at a chemical factory ignited, injured 29. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 17 |
Belouizdad, Algeria:A cosmetics plant was destroyed by fire after an explosion. 2 workers died and 5 others were injured. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 17 |
St. Petersburg, Russia:Bromomethyl spilled at a chemical factory ignited, injured 29. More information |
Monday
Aug 16 |
Wakefield, UK: Many people were evacuated after sulphur dioxide leaked at a chemical company. More information |
Monday
Aug 16 |
Liverpool, UK:A fire at a chemical plant caused the evacuation of hundreds of people. More information |
Monday
Aug 16 |
Wakefield, UK: Many people were evacuated after sulphur dioxide leaked at a chemical company. More information |
Monday
Aug 16 |
Liverpool, UK:A fire at a chemical plant caused the evacuation of hundreds of people. More information |
Sunday
Aug 15 |
Cheddleton, UK: Overcome by fumes, 2 workers fell into an offal pit at a meat processing plant. More information |
Sunday
Aug 15 |
Cheddleton, UK: Overcome by fumes, 2 workers fell into an offal pit at a meat processing plant. More information |
Saturday
Aug 14 |
Glasgow, UK:A wall collapsed at a chemical plant after a small explosion. More information |
Saturday
Aug 14 |
Glasgow, UK:A wall collapsed at a chemical plant after a small explosion. More information |
Friday
Aug 13 |
Clearfield, PA:A tanker truck was unloading when an explosion occurred in a manufacturing plant storage tank. More information |
Friday
Aug 13 |
Whiting, ID: An explosion and fire at an oil refinery injured 3, shutting down a hydro heater. More information |
Friday
Aug 13 |
Clearfield, PA:A tanker truck was unloading when an explosion occurred in a manufacturing plant storage tank. More information |
Friday
Aug 13 |
Whiting, ID: An explosion and fire at an oil refinery injured 3, shutting down a hydro heater. More information |
Thursday
Aug 12 |
Tipton, UK:A worker painting the inside of a vessel at a metal treatment plant suffered severe burns in an explosion. More information |
Thursday
Aug 12 |
Tipton, UK:A worker painting the inside of a vessel at a metal treatment plant suffered severe burns in an explosion. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 11 |
Bulan, KY:A gas explosion in an oil well killed 3 people. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 10 |
Melbourne, Australia:3 people were injured in a manufacturing plant explosion and fire. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 10 |
Birmingham, UK:Rainwater seeped into a drum of isocyanic acid at a chemical plant, resulting in a cloud of carbon dioxide and chlorine. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 10 |
Melbourne, Australia:3 people were injured in a manufacturing plant explosion and fire. More information |
Monday
Aug 09 |
Bangkok, Thailand:Thinner spilled on the floor of a plastic bag manufacturing plant ignited, killing 6 people. More information |
Monday
Aug 09 |
Tokyo, Japan:A lack of cooling water in a turbine at a nuclear plant caused steam to leak, killing 4 people and injuring 7 others. More information |
Monday
Aug 09 |
Watertown, MN:A fire in a baking oven at a rubber plant forced the evacuation of employees. More information |
Monday
Aug 09 |
Tokyo, Japan:A lack of cooling water in a turbine at a nuclear plant caused steam to leak, killing 4 people and injuring 7 others. More information |
Monday
Aug 09 |
Watertown, MN:A fire in a baking oven at a rubber plant forced the evacuation of employees. More information |
Sunday
Aug 08 |
Hachinohe, Japan:Chemicals being used to clean a pipe reacted with waste inside, creating a toxic gas that caused 2 workers to fall into a coma. More information |
Sunday
Aug 08 |
Hachinohe, Japan:Chemicals being used to clean a pipe reacted with waste inside, creating a toxic gas that caused 2 workers to fall into a coma. More information |
Saturday
Aug 07 |
Beloit, WI:A steel manufacturing plant employee was killed when an overhead crane he was operating dropped several tons of steel tubing on top of him. More information |
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