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Entries for May 2007
Thursday
May 17 |
Johnson City, TN: Fire broke out at an auto parts plant, forcing evacuation. More information |
Thursday
May 17 |
Rodeo, CA: A worker was scalded by hot water while working on an oil refinery coke drum. More information |
Thursday
May 17 |
Winnipeg, Manitoba: A conveyer belt fire spread through a food processing plant. More information |
Thursday
May 17 |
St. Bernard Parish, LA: Levees contained a 3,000 gallons gasoline spill at a refinery. More information |
Wednesday
May 16 |
Rockingham, N.C.: A paper plant suffered minor damage from a roof fire. More information |
Wednesday
May 16 |
Oak Ridge, TN: Workers at a nuclear weapons plant evacuated when sparks were detected in a machine shop dust collector. More information |
Wednesday
May 16 |
Erie, PA: Firefighters quickly brought a fire at an auto parts plant under control. More information |
Wednesday
May 16 |
Goshen, IN: Fire ignited in the ventilation system of a large manufacturing plant. More information |
Wednesday
May 16 |
Malton, Ontario: Two workers at a metal finishing plant received serious injuries from exposure to acid. More information |
Wednesday
May 16 |
Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A toxic spill from a factory poisoned nearby fisheries, killing nearly 50 tons of fish. More information |
Wednesday
May 16 |
Billings, MT: A fire broke out in an oil refinery crude unit following a power failure. More information |
Tuesday
May 15 |
Westerly, R.I.: A mill that produces camouflaged fabric for the military caught fire. More information |
Tuesday
May 15 |
Indianapolis, IN: Workers were mixing chemical when an explosion rocked a chemical plant, injuring three. More information |
Tuesday
May 15 |
Canton, OH: Workers were evacuated from a storage systems plant when a malfunctioning gas compressor raised the pressure of natural gas in storage to unsafe levels. More information |
Tuesday
May 15 |
Fletcher, N.C.: A duct fire at an auto parts plant took about 45 minutes to extinguish. More information |
Tuesday
May 15 |
Hillsboro, OR: Fire destroyed a machine for shaping aluminum and titanium into surgical implants at a manufacturing plant. More information |
Tuesday
May 15 |
Chandrayanagutta, India: Fire broke out in a textile factory’s chemical warehouse. More information |
Monday
May 14 |
Flowery Branch, GA: A worker in a chewing gum plant suffered a mangled hand when it became caught in machery. More information |
Monday
May 14 |
Escanaba, MI: A lightning strike damaged one of two power plant generators. More information |
Monday
May 14 |
Huntington, W.VA: A grease fire broke out in a concrete pit at a steel plant. More information |
Monday
May 14 |
Riverdale, IO: Two contractors survived being electrocuted while working on a high-voltage substation at an aluminum plant. More information |
Monday
May 14 |
Avoca, PA: A gasoline tanker burned after being struck by another vehicle. More information |
Monday
May 14 |
Fairbanks, AK: A geothermal power plant was knocked off line by a fire ignited by welding sparks. More information |
Monday
May 14 |
Springer, OK: A lightning strike ignited two oil tanks, with one tank dumping its entire contents. More information |
Monday
May 14 |
Anand District, India: At least 35 people died in a collision involving a bus and an LPG tanker that burst into flames. More information |
Sunday
May 13 |
Padeswood, UK: Fire broke out in the main production stack at a cement plant. More information |
Sunday
May 13 |
Broadview, Saskatchewan: A tractor-trailer rig carrying trifluorochloroethylene rolled over, forcing an area evacuation. More information |
Sunday
May 13 |
Hawes, U.K.: A major fire disrupted production at a cheese factory. More information |
Sunday
May 13 |
Baltimore, MD: A tanker truck carrying ethanol overturned and burst into flames on an interstate ramp, killing the driver and pouring burning fuel into the street below. More information |
Sunday
May 13 |
Gothenburg, Sweden: Fire damaged a crude distillation unit at an oil refinery. More information |
Sunday
May 13 |
Fort Worth, TX: Fire swept through a small industrial park, destroying three businesses. More information |
Sunday
May 13 |
Fort Nelson, B.C.: Fire damaged the product storage area and other facilities at a natural gas plant. More information |
Saturday
May 12 |
Fort McMurray, Alberta: A storage tank collapsed at an oil sands project under construction, the second tank to collapse in three weeks. More information |
Saturday
May 12 |
Morris, IL: Simultaneous fires at two manufacturing plants kept local firefighters busy. More information |
Saturday
May 12 |
Middleborough, MA: A worker was painting when he fell to his death at a food processing plant. More information |
Saturday
May 12 |
Saline County, AR: A truck carrying chemicals exploded at a truck yard, resulting in area evacuations. More information |
Saturday
May 12 |
Nagapalayam, India: A worker was killed when fire swept through a fancy cracker factory. More information |
Saturday
May 12 |
Lockhart, FL: A fire at a steel manufacturing plant damaged the office area. More information |
Saturday
May 12 |
Klongsan District, Thailand: A worker was critically injured in an ammonia leak at a cold storage plant. More information |
Saturday
May 12 |
Findlay, OH: An industrial oven caught fire at a custom molding plant, forcing an evacuation. More information |
Saturday
May 12 |
Norfolk, VA: Drums of hydrochloric acid being shipped by truck began leaking, forcing the closure of a major transit tunnel. More information |
Saturday
May 12 |
Taylors, N.C.: A worker wearing breathing apparatus died while cleaning an industrial tanker although a second worker was not overcome. More information |
Friday
May 11 |
Tangent, OR: Fire damaged the offices and storage space at a beet sugar processing plant. More information |
Friday
May 11 |
Laotto, IN: Anhydrous ammonia leaking from a farm tank forced a four-square-mile evacuation. More information |
Friday
May 11 |
Albertville, AL: Flames destroyed part of a poultry processing plant. More information |
Friday
May 11 |
Coalinga, CA: Welding was in process when an explosion in a meat packing plant killed one worker. More information |
Friday
May 11 |
Aichi, Japan: Fire broke out in the filter of an oil refinery’s crude desulfurization unit. More information |
Friday
May 11 |
Cangzhou City, China: At least five workers died in an explosion at a chemical plant. More information |
Friday
May 11 |
Vista, CA: Twenty workers were taken to hospitals complaining of respiratory problems after a chemical used to flush equipment at an industrial laundry emitted a strong odor. More information |
Thursday
May 10 |
Ferndale, WA: A small fire was reported on the roof of a storage unit at an oil refinery. More information |
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