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Entries for October 2008
Tuesday
Oct 14 |
Cressona, PA: A forklift at a foundry caught fire, forcing workers to flee. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 14 |
Louisville, KY: A refinery worker was electrocuted. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 14 |
Martinez, CA: The flare gas recovery system at a refinery failed, causing extremely large flaring. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 14 |
Rheinweiler, Germany: A leaking container of hydrochloric acid shut down a railway line between Switzerland and Germany. More information |
Monday
Oct 13 |
Charleston, WV: A shelter-in-place order was issued when ammonia gas leaked from a coal mine. More information |
Monday
Oct 13 |
Cleveland, OH: Fire broke out in a compressor room at an appliance factory. More information |
Monday
Oct 13 |
Heerlen, Netherland: Solar cell plant workers fled when a vessel containing chemicals fell. More information |
Monday
Oct 13 |
Kansas City, MO: An ammonia leak was reported at a bottling plant. More information |
Monday
Oct 13 |
Keokuk, IA: A ruptured storage tank released 200,000 gallons of sugar water into the Mississippi River More information |
Monday
Oct 13 |
Portsmouth, NH: Two pipes at a frozen scallop production plant cracked, releasing ammonia gas. More information |
Monday
Oct 13 |
Priolo Gargallo, Italy: An explosion shook the power plant serving a refinery. More information |
Monday
Oct 13 |
Tepeji del Rio, Mexico: 16 workers were injured during a fire at a waste management facility. More information |
Monday
Oct 13 |
Tonawanda, NY: A cloud of trichlorethelyne vapor escaped from a screw machining plant. More information |
Monday
Oct 13 |
Wilkie, Saskatchewan: Residents evacuated for several hours after a truck carrying ammonia spilled its contents. More information |
Sunday
Oct 12 |
Billings, MT: Fire broke out in the pulp dryer at a sugar plant. More information |
Sunday
Oct 12 |
Rajiv Nagar, India: A worker was killed and three injured when a drum exploded at a chemical factory. More information |
Sunday
Oct 12 |
Ummendorf-Reichenbach, Germany: A gas pipeline between Germany and Italy ruptured. More information |
Sunday
Oct 12 |
Yosu, South Korea: Fire broke out in a crude distillation unit at an oil refinery. More information |
Saturday
Oct 11 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Fire consumed a warehouse filled with plastics. More information |
Saturday
Oct 11 |
Petrolia, PA: Fuming sulfuric acid vapor released from a chemical plant forced nearby residents to evacuate. More information |
Friday
Oct 10 |
Addiewell, U.K.: More than 1500 gallons of alcohol spilled when a tanker truck collided with another vehicle. More information |
Friday
Oct 10 |
Freeport, TX: A chemical plant landfill caught fire. More information |
Friday
Oct 10 |
Schwechat, Austria: Fire broke out in power plant serving a refinery. More information |
Friday
Oct 10 |
Wickliffe, KY: Fire destroyed a storage building at a paper plant. More information |
Thursday
Oct 09 |
Geismar, LA: A low-level release of sulfuric acid was reported at a industrial gases plant. More information |
Thursday
Oct 09 |
Houston, TX: A small fire broke out during the restart of the fluid catalytic cracker at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Oct 09 |
Ichihara City, Japan: An oil refinery worker was found dead inside a storage tank. More information |
Thursday
Oct 09 |
Salina, KS: Smoke poured from a battery plant ventilation system designed to pull vapors away from boiling lead. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 08 |
Brisbane, Australia: A grass fire spread to material outside a plasterboard factory. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 08 |
Danville, IL: A conveyor belt fire spread to a product storage area at a textile mill. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 08 |
Henderson, KY: A fire broke out at a plastics factory. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 08 |
Honolulu, HI: An explosion at an oil and water treatment plant killed one worker and injured three. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 08 |
Tulsa, OK: A cloud of hydrochloric acid was released by a chemical plant during a transfer operation. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 08 |
Burlington, NC: A worker at an industrial electrical supply plant died when he was crushed by falling equipment. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 08 |
Dyersville, IA: A train carrying ethanol derailed at a biofuel plant. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 08 |
Dusseldorf, Germany: 4 workers were injured after mistakenly mixed chemicals produced acid vapor at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 08 |
Rozzano, Italy: 2 workers were injured in an explosion at a pesticides plant. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 08 |
Sydney, Australia: Fire burned more than 24 hours at a food processing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 07 |
Calvert City, KY: Residents were ordered to shelter-in-place after a release of hydrochloric acid at a chemical plant. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 07 |
Cinnaminson, PA: A fire was reported at a chemical plant. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 07 |
Ningbo City, China: At least 100 residents were moved after a nitric acid spill. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 07 |
Vale of Glamorgan, U.K.: A power plant worker fell 30 feet to his death. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 07 |
West Manchester, PA: Fire erupted when a transfer pump at an asphalt plant broke down. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 07 |
York, PA: A fire started in an asphalt tank at a paving materials plant. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 07 |
Alexandria, MN: A small fire prompted an employee evacuation at a chemical plant. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 07 |
Anderlecht, Belguim: A ferric chloride solution leaked from a 1.300 gallon tank at a chemical refinery water treatment plant. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 07 |
Deer Park, TX: A gasket flange leak at an oil refinery ignited and burned several hours. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 07 |
Marinette, WI: A bomb threat prompted the evacuation of workers at a plant specializing in fire protection products. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 07 |
Moultrie, GA: A powder coating machine at a manufacturing plant caught fire. More information |
Monday
Oct 06 |
Lestrem, France: A fire at a starch plant was quickly contained. More information |
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