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Entries for March 2010
Friday
Mar 19 |
Lahore, Pakistan: A six-hour fire broke out among stored chemicals ata perfume factory. More information |
Friday
Mar 19 |
Newton Abbot, UK: A furnace explosion at a foundryspecializing in boat propellers injured four workers. More information |
Friday
Mar 19 |
Plaquemine, LA: A contract worker acting as a flagman at a chemical plant died when he was runover by a tractor-trailer rig. More information |
Friday
Mar 19 |
Sidoarjo, East Java: Flames spread quickly through theinventory at a plastics plant specializing in household utensils. More information |
Friday
Mar 19 |
Spring Hill, KS: A glass plant worker who caught her hand and wrist in moving equipment sufferedcritical injuries. More information |
Friday
Mar 19 |
Tulsa, OK: A worker at an airplane parts plant trying to repair the brakes on a semi truckdied when the truck rolled over him. More information |
Thursday
Mar 18 |
Almaty, Kazakhstan: Fire broke out at a meat-packing plant. More information |
Thursday
Mar 18 |
Beaumont, TX: Officials issued a shelter-in-place order for a middle school after a sulfurdioxide leak at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Mar 18 |
Guangdong Province,China: Hot wax leaking from a relievercaught fire at an oil refinery, producing heavy smoke. More information |
Thursday
Mar 18 |
Labrador City, NL: A mine worker injured in a24-foot fall died after an eight-hour wait for a medical helicopter. More information |
Thursday
Mar 18 |
Lyon Station, PA: A fire in the dust collectionhoppers outside a lead acid battery manufacturing plant were quicklyextinguished. More information |
Thursday
Mar 18 |
Le Grand, CA: A worker for a pipe manufacturer died when an 18-inch diameter, 40-feet longpipe rolled off a truck and crushed him. More information |
Thursday
Mar 18 |
Moscow, Russia: Flames spread through nearly 5,000 square feet of awarehouse used to store household chemicals. More information |
Thursday
Mar 18 |
Murfreesboro, TN: A steel coil weighing more than 5,000 pounds fell while being loaded on a truckat a steel processing plant, crushing the driver to death. More information |
Thursday
Mar 18 |
Perth, Australia: Two seafood processing plant workers were overcomeby fumes when a drum of a cleaning product containing ammonia spilled in aconfined space. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 17 |
Anacortes, WA: Thick smoke resulted when an unexpected boiler shutdown required a number ofprocess units at an oil refinery to flare process gases. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 17 |
Ajax, ON: A small fire broke out at a steam generating plant when a broken hose squirtedoil into a wood-burning furnace. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 17 |
Beaumont, TX: Authorities evacuated an oil refinery after a bomb threat, but no bomb wasfound. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 17 |
Carl Junction, MO: Wooden rafters and insulation inside a cement plant building caught fire. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 17 |
Clearfield, UT: A tractor-trailer rig carrying 7,500 gallons of diesel overturned, spillingtwo-thirds of its contents. A resulting fire was quickly extinguished. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 17 |
Lye, UK: Fire destroyed five units of a packaging plant complex. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 17 |
Mati City, Philippines: Fire destroyed a factory forprocessing coconut fiber. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 17 |
Roy, UT: Diesel spilled from a tanker truck after a rollover traffic accident. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 17 |
Salem Twp., PA: A metals plant worker was treatedafter being pinned under a metal piece that fell from a lift. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 17 |
Skikda, Algeria: An explosion related to a hydrogen leak injured twooil refinery workers. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 17 |
Staverton, UK: More than 500 gallons spilled from drums at an industrial estate. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 17 |
Worcester, MA: An industrial oven at a plant specializing in magnets used as tools explodedand caught fire. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 16 |
Flintshire, UK: Fire spread through 100 bales of paper at a paper recycling plant. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 16 |
Gansu province, China: An explosion at an aluminumsmelting plant injured 27 workers. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 16 |
Hamilton Twp, OH: Four firefighters were examinedfor exposure to sulfur dioxide after fumes leaked at a plant specializing inrecycling gas canisters. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 16 |
Kansas City, MO: A chemical plant worker exposed to insecticide fumeswas treated and released. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 16 |
Paterson, NJ: Responders rescued a cheese factory worker who was stranded overnight when the factoryflooded. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 16 |
Rye Harbour, UK: A worker at a chemical factory broke an ankle when a crane toppled. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 16 |
Southend, UK: Arson is suspected in an electronics plant fire that forced the closure of anearby railway line. More information |
Monday
Mar 15 |
Norco, LA: Benzene, hydrogen sulfide and propane escaped from a small leak in ahydrocracker that was shut down for repairs. More information |
Monday
Mar 15 |
South Bend, IN: Firefighters delayed entering a burning foundry specializing in steel tubingout of concern that dust particles could explode. More information |
Monday
Mar 15 |
Taichung, Taiwan: A driver died in an oil truckfire. More information |
Monday
Mar 15 |
Valenzuela City, Philippines: Fire spread through a pile of scrapeplastic products and threatened to reach a textile factory. More information |
Monday
Mar 15 |
Xinmi City, China: Twenty-five people died when firebroke out in an illegal coal mine. More information |
Sunday
Mar 14 |
Calgary, AB: A huge ammonia leak at a downtown meat packing plant kept firefighters busy allday. More information |
Sunday
Mar 14 |
Hamilton, New Zealand: Firefighters managed to save theinventory and equipment from a fire that followed an explosion at a boatbuilding plant. More information |
Sunday
Mar 14 |
Los Angeles, CA: Firefighters extinguished a furniture factory fire in less than 26 minutesdespite making a forced entry. More information |
Sunday
Mar 14 |
Vapi, India: Two workers died and one sufferedserious burns when fire broke out in the dyeing unit of a textile mill. More information |
Sunday
Mar 14 |
Milford, IA: A six-inch line feeding a diesel and gasoline loading rack spilled 114 barrelsof fuel. More information |
Sunday
Mar 14 |
Naththandiya, Sri Lanka: Fire destroyed a coconut fiber factory. More information |
Saturday
Mar 13 |
Belle Chasse, LA: A release of sulfur dioxide was reported at an oil refinery. More information |
Saturday
Mar 13 |
Garvagh, UK: A burning potato processing factory raised concern because of tons offertilizer on site. More information |
Saturday
Mar 13 |
Salamanca, Mexico: A gasoline storage tank fire at an oil refineryburned nearly three hours. More information |
Saturday
Mar 13 |
Wimblington, UK: Fifty tons of plastic burned at a recycling plant in a fire that policeclassified as arson. More information |
Friday
Mar 12 |
Bloomfield, NM: Two condensate tanks exploded at a salt water disposal plant, injuring oneworker. More information |
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