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Entries for January 2008
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Faverges, France: Fire spread through vats of hydrocyanic acid at a factory making pens and cigarette lighters. More information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Hamilton Twp., OH: An explosion and fire along a gas pipeline serving a steel plant killed a contract worker. More information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Jersey City, N.J.: Fire broke out at a newspaper printing plant. More information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Kashsiung, Taiwan: A leaking hydrogen line exploded at an oil refinery. More information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Shreveport, LA: A storage tank caught fire at a lubricants plant. More information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Taipei, Taiwan: A fire that spread through an electronics manufacturing complex affected companies making PC and CCTV equipment. More information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Canby, OR: A gravel plant worker had his arm crushed in a conveyor belt. More information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Clarkson, Ontario: A small fired at a lubricants plant was extinguished by refinery personnel. More information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Knoxville, TN: A contract worker died after falling 25 feet at a power plant. More information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
New Haven, CN: The second blaze in two months shut down a power plant. More information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Post Falls, ID: Fire spread through a plant specializing in mining and construction equipment. More information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
West Valley, N.Y.: Fire destroyed a met processing plant. More information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Winter Garden, FL: Heavy smoke poured from a fire at a fertilizer plant. More information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Husum, Germany: A dust explosion in a silo rocked an agricultural products plant. More information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Hanau, Germany: Seven workers were injured in a chemical accident at a mattress factory. More information |
Thursday
Jan 03 |
Loomis, S.D.: One worker was injured in a small fire at a bio-refining plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 03 |
Butibori, India: Flames engulfed a major textile mill. More information |
Thursday
Jan 03 |
Defiance, OH: A spark from an electric motor ignited methanol vapors at a bio-diesel processing plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 03 |
Lebanon, OH: A two-alarm fire was reported at a printing plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 03 |
Memphis, TN: Three workers were injured when a boiler burst at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Jan 03 |
Pascagoula, MS: Refinery firefighters quickly extinguished a small fire. More information |
Thursday
Jan 03 |
Southfield, MI: Acetone being used to clean a spray paint nozzle ignited at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 02 |
Hangzhou, China: Firefighters battle 10 hours to control a fire at an electronics plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 02 |
Elk Grove, IL: Seven businesses at an industrial park were evacuated after leaking liquid oxygen ignited. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 02 |
Ingolstadt, Germany: A hydrogen feed line ruptured without igniting at an oil refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 02 |
Loomis, S.D.: One worker suffered minor burns in an ethanol plant fire. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 02 |
Meridian, ID: A worker caught his arm in machinery at a composite building materials plabnt. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 02 |
Toledo, OH: An electrical fire broke out at an automotive plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 02 |
West Lafayette, IN: An auto plant worker suffered an on-the-job leg injury. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 01 |
Huntingdon, PA: Fire broke out on the roof of a plant for high performance materials. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 01 |
Nanded, India: Two workers died and three were severely burned when fire broke out at a water tank factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 01 |
Portsmouth, Virginia: A propane tank was involved in a an explosion at a garbage sorting plant. More information |
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