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Entries for October 2010
Saturday
Oct 16 |
Topeka, KS: A quarry worker died when he became entangled in a conveyor belt that suddenly activated during repairs. More information |
Saturday
Oct 16 |
Bellingham, MA: Smoke from a two-alarm fire poured from a factory. More information |
Saturday
Oct 16 |
Brantham, UK: AN investigation has been launched into a suspected arson attack at a derelict factory. More information |
Saturday
Oct 16 |
Prudhoe, UK: An industrial fire led to the closing of a major rail line. More information |
Friday
Oct 15 |
West Falmouth, MA: An oven fire broke out at a plastics factory. More information |
Friday
Oct 15 |
Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad: A fire in a tank farm at an oil refinery lasted less than 10 minutes. More information |
Friday
Oct 15 |
Torrington, WY: Sugar beet pulp being processed into pellets at a sugar refinery caught fire in a dryer unit. More information |
Friday
Oct 15 |
Campbellsville, KY: Responders battled a fire at a furniture factory. More information |
Friday
Oct 15 |
Kent, WA: A worker at a freight handling facility was trapped under a forklift. More information |
Friday
Oct 15 |
Montreal, QB: An accident involving a steam cleaning machine injured two oil refinery workers. More information |
Friday
Oct 15 |
Jequia da Praia, Brazil: An explosion at a sugar refinery injured eight workers. More information |
Friday
Oct 15 |
Kunming, China: Four workers were injured when an oil storage tank undergoing welding work exploded. More information |
Friday
Oct 15 |
Blissfield, MI: Fire broke out at an insulation manufacturing plant. More information |
Thursday
Oct 14 |
Thousand Oaks, CA: Fourteen people were exposed to a corrosive chemical during a fire at a biotech facility. More information |
Thursday
Oct 14 |
Motta Di Livenza, Italy: A worker died after an explosion at a dairy. More information |
Thursday
Oct 14 |
Weinan City, China: Three workers died and a dozen were injured in an explosion at a gold mine. More information |
Thursday
Oct 14 |
Ashuganj, Bangladesh: A fire halted urea production at a fertilizer plant. More information |
Thursday
Oct 14 |
Pawtucket, RI: Fire consumed a vacant mill that had been partially converted to apartments. More information |
Thursday
Oct 14 |
Cabuyao, Philippines: A 10-hour fire destroyed a distillery and warehouse, leaving one worker severely burned. More information |
Thursday
Oct 14 |
Erie, PA: Methanol fumes ignited sending flames out a vent stack at a foundry. More information |
Thursday
Oct 14 |
Payag, India: A woman was killed and eight others injured when a spark triggered an explosion in a fireworks factory. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 13 |
Soddy-Daisy, TN: A fire involving a 500,000 volt transformer in a switchyard at a nuclear plant was quickly extinguished.
More information |
Wednesday
Oct 13 |
Channahon, IL: A worker died in a construction accident at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 13 |
New Delhi, India: Fire broke out at a plastics plant. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 13 |
Milwaukee, WI: A shelter-in-place order was issued when fire broke out at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 13 |
Garden City, KS: A foreman at a pet food plant died when a cutting torch sliced into an steel drum that once contained hydraulic fluid, causing an explosion. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 13 |
Caro, MI: A small fire broke out in the ductwork at a biorefining plant. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 13 |
Krems, Austria: Firefighters prevented a fire at a galvanizing plant from reaching a nearby chemical warehouse. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 13 |
Olyphant, PA: A foul-smelling vapor cloud released from a plant making water and sewer line sealant triggered a shelter-in-place order. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 13 |
Carrara, Italy: An explosion at a quarry left two workers seriously burned. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 13 |
Rotterdam, Netherlands: A power drop started a fire in two dryers at an ethanol plant. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 13 |
Hebburn, UK: Two workers were decontamined after nearly 4,000 liters of transformer oil spilled from a laboratory testing tank. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 13 |
St. John's, NL: A worker using a cutting torch ignited a fire that damaged a janitorial services facility. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 12 |
Baytown, TX: A leak in a tank mixer seal led to a crude oil spill at a 572,000 bpd refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 12 |
Engis, Belgium: About 50,000 liters of heavy fuel oil leaked from a tank at an industry installation contractor. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 12 |
North Sea, Netherlands: A tanker spilled its kerosene cargo when it collided with a container ship. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 12 |
Institute, WV: Sulfur dichloride residue reacted with water during maintenance of a chemical plant tank, triggering an alarm. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 12 |
Jackson, MI: A man who fell from the roof of a plating company into a vat of low-concentration muratic acid survived with minor injuries. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 12 |
Port of Muroran, Japan: An LPG leak led to a government order to shut down a 64,000 barrel per day naphtha hydro desulphurisation unit at an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 12 |
Nashville, TN: Fire broke out in the warehouse of a uniform supply factory. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 12 |
Spokane County, WA: A worker's arm was severed by machinery at an asphalt and cement plant. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 12 |
Burscough, UK: Three people have suffered burns in a major fire at a waste management plant.
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Tuesday
Oct 12 |
Niederprum, Germany: Manure slurry from a biogas plant flooded an underground switching center for a power utility. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 12 |
Burscough, UK: Three people suffered serious burns in a major fire at a waste management plant. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 12 |
West Manchester, PA: A worker at a plant manufacturing heavy military vehicles died five days after being pinned by a motorized lift. More information |
Monday
Oct 11 |
Liberty, NC: A machine fire at a kniting mill was mostly extinguished by the sprinkler system. More information |
Monday
Oct 11 |
Tarragona, Spain: A oil spill from a plant specializing in asphalt products spread over a wide area. More information |
Monday
Oct 11 |
Denver, CO: Firefighters quickly capped an ammonia leak at a ice plant. More information |
Monday
Oct 11 |
Kilindini, Kenya: More than 100 25-liter cans of nitric acid offloaded at the Port of Mombasa were found to be leaking two weeks later. More information |
Monday
Oct 11 |
Rome, GA: Cooking oil leaking from a biofuels plant contaminated Wards Creek. More information |
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