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Entries for November 2010
Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Ashwaubenon, WI: Fire broke out in a wood cutting machine at a plant specializing in industrial patterns. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Leongatha, Australia: Emergency crews cleaned up a chemical spill at a milk processing factory. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Mount Pearl, NL: A fire in a unit of an industrial park is being investigated as arson. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Walkerton, IN: A worker at a composite materials manufacturer was airlifted to the hospital after an accident. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Atwater, MN: Fire smoldered in corn inside a 750,000-bushel grain bin at an ethanol plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Montreal, QC: A fire that heavily damaged a warehouse for imported foods is being investigated as arson. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Tirupur, India: Four migrant workers died at a dyeing factory after inhaling toxic fumes from an effluent treatment plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Geneva, IL: No one was injured when a 500-gallon vat of acetone ignited at a plant making sheet vinyl. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Weyland, SK: Fire spread through more than 10,000 flax straw bales stored near an ethanol plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Scarborough, ON: A chemical spill at a manufacturing plant created a chemical cloud over the building.
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Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Chatsworth, CA: Fire destroyed a printing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Sciota, IL: A 30,000-gallon ammonia tank began leaking when a driver forgot to disconnect before pulling away. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Walkerton, IN: A worker had his arm crushed in a metal press at a plant specializing in composite materials. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Harrold, SD: A construction worker at a grain terminal who fell 35 feet had to be rescued from 150 feet above the ground. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Rogersville, TN: A contract employee moving power generating equipment was injured when a transport dolly reportedly ran over his leg.
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Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Four people were overcome by chlorine fumes at an industrial laundry. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Raleigh, NC: A worker was found dead at a recycling facility. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Shabwa, Yemen: Militants sabotaged an oil pipeline with explosives. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Royston, UK: An explosion in a laboratory at a specialty chemicals plant sent three workers to the hospital. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Nizhny Tagil, Russia: Four workers were injured in an explosion in a coke-making unit at a steel plant while, in a separate incident, a foreign engineer was killed at the same plant. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Citrus County, FL: A worker using a bulldozer at a power plant fly ash site was ejected when the heavy equipment began to slide. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Norwalk, OH: Fire extensively damaged a vegetable packing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Smethwyck, UK: Arson is suspected in a fire at a scrap-metal recycling plant.
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Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Greenacres, FL - A welding contrator was injured when he fell 30 feet inside of a water tank at a water treatment facility. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Jalan Tuaran, Malaysia: Welding was being done when fire broke out at a lumber mill. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Tucson, AZ: Asphalt leaking from a 10-ton container ignited at a cement plant. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Bury St Edmunds, UK: Oil from a cutting lathe ignited at a factory specializing in instrumentation for industry. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Brampton, QC: Explosions were reported when the contents of a metal bin at a factory ignited. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Kingsbury, NY: Flames shot from a smokestack at a wood chip maker accompanied by a pressure blast that scattered soot onto vehicles 500 feet away.
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Tuesday
Nov 02 |
South Plainfield, NJ: A four-alarm fire ripped through a recycling plant, leaving three firefighters injured. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Mehoopany, PA: Workers were able to shut down a burning natural gas well at a disposable diaper plant. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Murfreesboro, TN: A hot vent pipe ignited roof insulation at a metals plant. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Port Botany, Australia: Nearby residents mistook flaring at a chemical plant for an industrial emergency. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Hackensack, NJ: Fire broke out in a pump manufacturing plant but sprinklers kept the flames in check. More information |
Monday
Nov 01 |
Bremerton, WA: A two-alarm fire gutted a metals recycling plant.
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Monday
Nov 01 |
Ellington, UK: Firefighters used a digger to create a firebreak and put out a blaze at a recycling plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 01 |
Helbra, Germany: Yellow-brown smoke rose out of the ground near a former copper smelter. More information |
Monday
Nov 01 |
Gul Lane, Singapore: Fire broke out at a chemical plant specializing in janitorial products. More information |
Monday
Nov 01 |
Arundel, Australia: An explosion preceeded a fire that spread through two factories. More information |
Monday
Nov 01 |
Baldwin, GA: Fire broke out on the roof of a former textile factory. More information |
Monday
Nov 01 |
Antwerp, Belgium: Firefighters evacuated 300 workers from a refinery after a propylene gas leak was discovered. More information |
Monday
Nov 01 |
Noida, India: Fire broke out at a garment factory. More information |
Monday
Nov 01 |
Solon, OH: Workers were evacuated due to an ammonia leak at a cold storage plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 01 |
Antwerp, Belgium: A major propylene leak forced a refinery to evacuate workers. More information |
Monday
Nov 01 |
Rheinfelden, Germany: An intermediate product leaked from a storage tank at a chemical plant. More information |