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Entries for November 2008
Sunday
Nov 23 |
Wichita KS: A fire in an engine room at a dairy plant was quickly extinguished. More information |
Sunday
Nov 23 |
Windsor ON: A small fire broke out at an aluminum plant. More information |
Sunday
Nov 23 |
Yapton U.K.: Nearly 2,000 tires caught fire at a recycling plant. More information |
Saturday
Nov 22 |
Antakya, Turkey: 3 workers were killed and 5 injured in a fire at a biodiesel plant. More information |
Saturday
Nov 22 |
Bhosari India: Fire broke out in a chemical plant specializing in silicon oil. More information |
Saturday
Nov 22 |
Irvine CA: Flying shrapnel from a faulty machine injured a worker at a electronics ceramics plant. More information |
Saturday
Nov 22 |
North Manchester IN: A metal plant worker was found dead, pinned under a furnace. More information |
Saturday
Nov 22 |
Pune India: Fire gutted a chemical plant. More information |
Friday
Nov 21 |
Amesbury ME: More than 1,500 gallons of aluminum sulfate spilled at a plant specializing in climate control technology. More information |
Friday
Nov 21 |
Concord NC: An ammonia leak forced the evacuation of a chicken processing plant. More information |
Friday
Nov 21 |
Corroran CA: A truck knocked over a 2,500 gallon tank of sulfuric acid, spilling the contents. More information |
Friday
Nov 21 |
Cramlington U.K.: Fire broke out at a plant making car parts. More information |
Friday
Nov 21 |
Jefferson County TN: An explosion rocked a processing plant. More information |
Friday
Nov 21 |
Mount Vernon IN: A 100,000-gallon asphalt tank caught fire at a roofing factory. More information |
Friday
Nov 21 |
Ngawha New Zealand: A scrubber fire shut down a geothermal power plant. More information |
Friday
Nov 21 |
Northumberland U.K.: A warehouse fire erupted at a car parts factory. More information |
Friday
Nov 21 |
Skopje Greece: Fire broke out at an oil refinery. More information |
Friday
Nov 21 |
Sheboygan Falls, WI: An overheated conveyor belt released an acrid odor inside a sausage factory. More information |
Friday
Nov 21 |
Spello Italy: A worker was injured in an explosion at a plant that makes stoves. More information |
Friday
Nov 21 |
Stanley WI: Fire broke out in a corn drying facility. More information |
Friday
Nov 21 |
Walbridge OH: An explosion involving corrosive chemicals forced steel plant workers to flee. More information |
Friday
Nov 21 |
West Yorkshire U.K.: Fire broke out at a recycling plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 20 |
Bakersfield CA: A 5,000-pound concrete cylinder crushed a trucking company worker. More information |
Thursday
Nov 20 |
Bugey, France: An oil leak at a nuclear power plant directly affected drinking water supplies for Lyon. More information |
Thursday
Nov 20 |
Gothenburg NE: A worker was injured when a grain elevator exploded during maintenance on dryer units. More information |
Thursday
Nov 20 |
La Pobla de Mafumet Spain: An explosion in an underground pipe at a refinery’s ethylene plant injured 12 workers. More information |
Thursday
Nov 20 |
Nashua NH: A haz mat team joined industrial responders when creosote from a contaminated work site leaked into the Merrimack River. More information |
Thursday
Nov 20 |
Omaha NE: High winds complicated fire fighting efforts at a plant manufacturing agricultural equipment. More information |
Thursday
Nov 20 |
Osnabruck, Germany: 13 people were injured when hydrofluoric acid spilled at a freight company. More information |
Thursday
Nov 20 |
Port Everglades FL: Fire engulfed an office building at one of the largest liquid propane farms in the U.S. More information |
Thursday
Nov 20 |
Sebree KY: Several explosions destroyed a cement mixing plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 20 |
Springettsbury Twp., PA: 700 gallons of sodium hydroxide spilled at a container company. More information |
Thursday
Nov 20 |
Tyler TX: An explosion and fire killed 1 worker and injured 3. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 19 |
Armorel AR: A steel mill worker was airlifted to a Memphis hospital after being crushed by a steel beam. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 19 |
Be’er Tuvia, Israel: Fire raged through a local factory. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 19 |
Crosby TX: A leak of toxic chemicals from a pair of storage tanks sent two plant workers to the hospital. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 19 |
Genoa Twp., MI: A worker was injured when a 10,000 pound metal cylinder fell while being unloaded. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 19 |
Rourkela, India: 14 people fell ill after inhaling toxic gas leaking from a steel plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 19 |
Samotlor Russia: A minor fire disrupted oil output at a major field. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 19 |
Schwarzenbeck Germany: A chemical spill at an engineering plant affected 38 workers. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 19 |
Sparks NV: Fire broke out in a grinding machine at a spice plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 19 |
Stoke-on-Trent U.K.: A trash fire broke out at a pottery factory. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 18 |
Cagliari Italy: Fire broke out in a cooling tower at a refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 18 |
Castlegar BC: More than 100 cubic yards of black liquor spilled from a pulp mill into the Columbia River. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 18 |
Cumbria U.K.: Workers fled when fire broke out in an oven at a fish processing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 18 |
Deer Park TX: A voluntary shelfter-in-place alert was issued when fire broke out in an internal furnace at a chemical plant. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 18 |
Duffield VA: A building caught fire at an explosives plant. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 18 |
Moorabbin Australia: Fire gutted a furniture plant. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 18 |
Myerstown, PA: 8 workers demolishing a former metals plant became sick after a fire broke out. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 18 |
Morris IL: A fire damaged a sponge cushion factory. More information |