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Entries for November 2008
Tuesday
Nov 18 |
Northampton County PA: Fire erupted at an environmental facility. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 18 |
Salt Lake City UT: A high pressure propane line ruptured at an oil refinery, but did not ignite. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 18 |
Yellowknife Northwest Territories: The top floor of a 10-story building at a diamond mine caught fire. More information |
Monday
Nov 17 |
Chiapas state, Mexico: A storage tank explosion at a gas processing plant killed 3 workers and injured 3 others. More information |
Monday
Nov 17 |
Crosby Twp., KY: A chemical spill at a detergent company lab required decon for a worker. More information |
Monday
Nov 17 |
Fulbari, India: 1 person died and another was injured when an empty fuel tanker exploded during welding work. More information |
Monday
Nov 17 |
New Plymouth New Zealand: A crane operator at an engineering company was struck and killed by a flying bolt when the load being lifted broke loose. More information |
Monday
Nov 17 |
Port Gibson MS: A fire in a water pump turbine reduced a nuclear power plant to 65 percent of operating capacity. More information |
Monday
Nov 17 |
Sasso Marconi, Italy: 2 workers died and 3 were injured in an explosion at a rubber factory. More information |
Monday
Nov 17 |
Tehran Iran: Leaking LPG ignited an oil refinery, killing a worker. More information |
Monday
Nov 17 |
Uelzen Germany: A sawdust silo at a port facility exploded. More information |
Monday
Nov 17 |
Wauwatosa WI: Fire broke out on the roof of a motorcycle plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 17 |
Wisconsin Rapids WI: Workers dismantling a machine set fire to the roof of a paper mill. More information |
Sunday
Nov 16 |
Bowden GA: A tire plant fire forced officials to close area schools. More information |
Saturday
Nov 15 |
Montreal Quebec: Bales of compacted paper fueled a fire that destroyed a recycling plant. More information |
Saturday
Nov 15 |
Owensboro KY: Equipment caught fire at a plastics plant, causing smoke and water damage. More information |
Saturday
Nov 15 |
Sheboygan WI: A dryer fire forced the evacuation of a plastics plant. More information |
Saturday
Nov 15 |
Texas City TX: An oil refinery shut down a hydrotreating unit due to a product leak. More information |
Friday
Nov 14 |
Bulow Germany: A leak at a biogas plant resulted in a spill of 80,000 gallons of pig manure. More information |
Friday
Nov 14 |
Caloocan, Philippines: 10 workers were injured when a fuel drum ignited at a factory. More information |
Friday
Nov 14 |
Mizushima Japan: Fire erupted in a polypropylene unit at a plastics plant. More information |
Friday
Nov 14 |
Vimercate Italy: An explosion at a pharmaceutical plant contaminated 10 workers. More information |
Thursday
Nov 13 |
Alcoa TN: An electrical short ignited building insulation at an aluminum plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 13 |
Howland FL: Workers cleaning equipment at a food processing plant mistakenly mixed chemicals that created toxic fumes. More information |
Thursday
Nov 13 |
Kitchener ON: Fire ignited in a paint booth at a store fixtures factory. More information |
Thursday
Nov 13 |
Longarone Italy: An explosion and fire at a plastics factory left a worker seriously burned. More information |
Thursday
Nov 13 |
Manchester NJ: A 2-story manufacturing plant burned to the ground. More information |
Thursday
Nov 13 |
Onagawa Japan: Fire broke out in a nuclear power plant reactor that had been shut down, injuring 1. More information |
Thursday
Nov 13 |
Sao Francisco do Conde Brazil: Leaking refined oil ignited at a refinery, taking nearly an hour to extinguish. More information |
Thursday
Nov 13 |
Tanqui Twp. China: An explosion aboard a ship docked at a chemical plant killed 2 people and injured 4. More information |
Thursday
Nov 13 |
Wentworth, S. Africa: Fire in a crude unit shut down the country’s 2nd largest refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 12 |
Center Twp., IN: An equipment fire may keep a metal processing plant closed for weeks. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 12 |
Chesapeake VA: A storage tank collapsed spilling about 2 million gallons of fertilizer. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 12 |
Columbia PA: A 10-ton ladle at a foundry cracked, resulting in a fire and explosion. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 12 |
Hickory NC: A refrigerator truck caught fire at a dairy plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 12 |
Leyton U.K.: Leaking acetylene cylinders threatened to ignite an industrial bakery. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 12 |
Luilu, Republic of Congo: A transformer fire shut down a metallurgical facility. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 12 |
Nurioopta Australia: A building housing a drying oven at a cork factory burned. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 12 |
Siler City NC: A grease fire damaged a food processing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 11 |
Chetwynd BC: Gas breached a well control system and ignited the well head. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 11 |
Deer Creek IL: A worker at a truss factory caught his leg in a giant roller. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 11 |
Dermott AR: A cotton gin worker died when he was buried beneath tons of cotton seeds. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 11 |
Donghe China: Fire cement factory workers died in a building collapse. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 11 |
Dorset U.K.: A confectionery worker was crushed to death by a machine making candy. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 11 |
East Stroudburg PA: Heavy smoke from a small plastics plant forced an area evacuation. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 11 |
Effingham, GA: 2 workers suffered chemical burns at a fertilizer plant when a line ruptured. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 11 |
Franklin OH: Responders fought a stubborn smoldering fire on the roof of a paper mill. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 11 |
Hull U.K.: An aircraft plant worker died when a machine was switched on while he was still inside. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 11 |
Leland NC: Fire broke out in a large steel oven at a plant that makes fire protection systems. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 11 |
Lima OH: Fire spread through the ductwork at an ethanol plant dryer building. More information |