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Entries for May 2009
Thursday
May 07 |
Benson, NC: Fire spread through the ductwork of a textile plant. More information |
Thursday
May 07 |
Chicago, IL: Chlorine and ammonia fumes overcame 13 workers at a laundry plant. More information |
Wednesday
May 06 |
Bai Hassan, Iraq: An oil pipeline near Kirkuk was blown up. More information |
Wednesday
May 06 |
Calais, France: 12 illegal migrants hiding in a chemical tanker narrowly escaped death, being discovered shortly before sulfuric acid was pumped inside. More information |
Wednesday
May 06 |
Jeram, Malaysia: A fire broke out at a rubber plant. More information |
Wednesday
May 06 |
Seymour, CT: Alcohol being added to petroleum wax ignited at a plant making pollution control equipment. More information |
Tuesday
May 05 |
Evansville, IN: An explosion rocked an acetylene plant. More information |
Tuesday
May 05 |
Khalishpur, Bangladesh: 1 person died and 16 others were injured in an explosion during a fire at a gas and oil warehouse. More information |
Tuesday
May 05 |
Rockville, IN: A natural gas pipeline ruptured, sending flames as high as 700 feet into the sky. More information |
Tuesday
May 05 |
Sorgues, France: An explosion destroyed a munitions plant. More information |
Tuesday
May 05 |
Changle, China: 5 workers were buried under slag at a cement plant. More information |
Monday
May 04 |
Baghdad, Iraq: An explosion at the entrance to an oil refinery injured 3 people. More information |
Monday
May 04 |
Franklin County, IL: 2 oil storage tanks caught fire. More information |
Monday
May 04 |
Kidderminster, UK: Fire broke out at a bio diesel plant. More information |
Monday
May 04 |
Sigurd, UT: An overpressurized waste oil storage tank exploded at a trucking company, killing a worker. More information |
Monday
May 04 |
Sioux Falls, ND: Fire broke out in an industrial oven used to dry magnesium parts after painting. More information |
Monday
May 04 |
Salt Lake City, UT: A contract worker using a vacuum system to load sulfuric acid was burned. More information |
Monday
May 04 |
West Carrollton, OH: 2 people were injured in an explosion and fire at a chemical waste treatment plant. More information |
Sunday
May 03 |
Greer, SC: Fire spread through plastic pellets used to make flooring at a building products plant. More information |
Sunday
May 03 |
Millsburo, DE: Almost 675,000 gallons of waste liquid spilled into the Indian River at a vegetable processing plant. More information |
Sunday
May 03 |
Sinclair, WY: A spill of 65,000 barrels of oil product was reported at an oil refinery. More information |
Sunday
May 03 |
Tessenderlo, Belgium: Tetrahydrothiophene leaked into a cooling tower at a chemical plant. More information |
Saturday
May 02 |
Carthage, OH: An explosion and fire erupted at an asphalt plant. More information |
Saturday
May 02 |
Dunkirk, IN: More than 1 million pounds of molten glass spilled from a furnace at a beer bottle plant. More information |
Saturday
May 02 |
Freeport, TX: A small hole in a railcar leaked about 100 gallons of hydrochloric acid. More information |
Saturday
May 02 |
Saravli, India: 2 workers died when equipment exploded at a dyeing plant. More information |
Friday
May 01 |
Lower Hutt, New Zealand: A small steam explosion in a furnace blew out windows at a battery plant. More information |
Friday
May 01 |
Newbury, UK: A spill of hydrochloric acid at an electronics plant required a hazmat response. More information |
Friday
May 01 |
Near Arkansas City, KS: A lightning strike ignited a fire that destroyed four oil tanks in a tank battery. More information |
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