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Entries for September 2009
Wednesday
Sep 30 |
Baghdad, Iraq: Two people died in an explosion and fire at an oil refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 30 |
Cambridge, MD: Sodium hydroxide spilled during a truck transfer at a small chemical company. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 30 |
Ettlingen, Germany: Plastic pellets caught fire in a silo at a plastics factory. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 30 |
Mississauga, ON: Dust was blamed for a fire that involved welding equipment at a steel tubing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 30 |
Nashville, TN: A collision between two railroad tankers caused a small leak of hydrochloric acid at a train depot. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 30 |
Troy, MT: Nearly 40 tons of waste spilled from a ruptured pipe at a mine, some of it reaching a nearby creek. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 29 |
Apaxtla, Mexico: An equipment explosion at a hydroelectric plant killed a worker. Five others were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 29 |
Berto Cirio, Brazil: An explosion in a sawdust storage bin rocked a local plant. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 29 |
Garden City, GA: An explosion injured 2 workers cutting up a steel tank at a recycling plant. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 29 |
South Bend, IN: Dust was blamed for a fire that involved welding equipment at a steel tubing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 29 |
Tilton, IL: A truck driver hauling anhydrous trimethylamine was overcome by fumes when he stopped to inspect his vehicle for a suspected leak. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 29 |
Winfred, SD: Fire broke out at a wax plant, sending a worker to the hospital. More information |
Monday
Sep 28 |
Albany, GA: 700 gallons of haz mat tainted oil leaked from transformers being scrapped. More information |
Monday
Sep 28 |
Burnaugh, KY: 7 workers were injured in an explosion at a metallurgical plant. More information |
Monday
Sep 28 |
Mansfield, LA: A contract worker at a paper mill died when he fell into a tank of heated water. More information |
Monday
Sep 28 |
Preston, MN: A fire at a bio-fuel plant caused minor damage. More information |
Monday
Sep 28 |
Rio de Galinhas, Portugal: Three people cleaning a wine vat died from toxic fumes. More information |
Monday
Sep 28 |
St. Louis, MO: Fire broke out at an airplane parts manufacturing plant. More information |
Sunday
Sep 27 |
Franklin, NH: A brief fire broke out when material under a smelting pot ignited at a valve foundry. More information |
Sunday
Sep 27 |
Hidd, Bahrain: A welder died from burns when multiple gas cylinders exploded at a shipbuilding yard. More information |
Sunday
Sep 27 |
Lewiston, ID: A small explosion involving a shell rocked a munitions plant. More information |
Saturday
Sep 26 |
Hohenbrunn, Germany: A leaking drum of thionyl chloride at a chemical plant reacted with water, causing sulfur dioxide and hydrogen chloride fumes. More information |
Saturday
Sep 26 |
Temagami, ON: A major Canadian natural gas pipeline ruptured, forcing a shut down. More information |
Friday
Sep 25 |
Barrackpore, Trinidad & Tobago: A lightning strike caused an explosion at a crude oil facility. More information |
Friday
Sep 25 |
Wilmington, CA: A fire at an oil refinery lasted several hours. More information |
Thursday
Sep 24 |
Aichi, Japan: A desulfurization unit caught fire at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Sep 24 |
Dabrowa Chelminska, Poland: More than 30 workers were overcome by toxic fumes at a fish processing plant. More information |
Thursday
Sep 24 |
Memphis, TN: A pressure valve on a 9,000 gallon tank of liquid oxygen ruptured at a chemical plant, spewing flammable gas. More information |
Thursday
Sep 24 |
Richmond, CA: A hydrotreater unit caught fire at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Sep 24 |
Skikda, Algeria: Fire broke out in a central air conditioning unit at an oil refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 23 |
Atyrau, Kazakhstan: A fire in an oil refinery workshop killed a worker and injured 2 others. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 23 |
Gonfreville-l’Orcher, France: An explosion in a polyethylene unit rocked a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 23 |
Hillsville, VA: A battery explosion injured a worker at a carpet weaving plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 23 |
Korba, India: A chimney under construction at a thermal power plant collapsed, killing 14 workers. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 23 |
Osceola County, FL: Lack of water hindered firefighters battling a fire that destroyed a biodiesel plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 23 |
Saint John, NL: A paper mill fire involving molten sulfur forced workers to evacuate. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 23 |
Voronezh, Russia: An explosion at a pyrotechnic warehouse killed a worker and injured 25. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 22 |
Ringwood, Australia: A dust explosion rocked a metal recycling plant for the second time in a month. More information |
Monday
Sep 21 |
Joinville, Brazil: A furnace explosion rocked a foundry. More information |
Monday
Sep 21 |
Oravasaari, Finland: Hydrogen peroxide spilled from an overturned cargo vehicle. More information |
Sunday
Sep 20 |
Leverkusen, Germany: Hydrofluoric acid leaked from containers stored at a chemical facility. More information |
Saturday
Sep 19 |
Cam Ranh, Vietnam: 3 workers at a fish sauce factory suffocated when they entered a fermenting vat. More information |
Saturday
Sep 19 |
Waharoa, New Zealand: Sludge from a cheese factory leaked into a nearby river. More information |
Friday
Sep 18 |
Trostberg, Germany: Nitric acid leaked from a ruptured pipe at a chemical plant with firefighters using a water curtain to control the fumes. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 16 |
Aschau, Germany: An explosion rocked a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 16 |
Bilecik, Turkey: More than 60 tons of oil leaked from a pipeline damaged by an explosion. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 16 |
Clarines, Venezuela: Chlorine gas that leaked from a wrecked tanker truck killed 9 people and injured 326. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 16 |
Morrinsville, New Zealand: Responders sprayed water on a leaking container of liquid argon, causing it to ice over. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 15 |
Cedar Rapids, IA: A cutting torch was in use when fire broke out on the roof of an electronics plant. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 15 |
Hunslet, UK: Butylacrylate was discovered leaking from a railroad tanker parked at an industrial facility. More information |
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