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Entries for April 2010
Wednesday
Apr 21 |
Warrick County, IN: Molten metal came in contact with moisture and splashed on a foundry worker. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 21 |
Sixth of October, Egypt: Fire broke out in a warehouse at a recently completed cigarette factory. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 21 |
Suvarnabhumi, Thailand: A grenade ignited an aviation fuel storage tank at an airport. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 21 |
Robertson, WY: A ruptured pipeline spilled nearly 84,000 gallons of crude oil. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 21 |
Lorain, OH: A small fire broke out at the seamless pipe mill of a steel factory. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 21 |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Fire destroyed a factory specializing in advertising material. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 21 |
Hull, UK: Fire broke out in the ducts of a warehouse at a cocoa factory. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 21 |
Florence Twp., NJ: A worker at a food processing plant was airlifted after catching her arm in machinery. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 21 |
Durham, UK: A fire at a tire recycling plant is expected to burn throughout the night and into the next day. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 21 |
Des Moines, IA: A spill of nitrocellulose isopropanol ignited a fire at an ink manufacturing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 21 |
Des Moines, IA: A small fire in the basement of a tire plant was quickly extinguished. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 21 |
Cheektowaga, NY: 2 workers suffered burns & respiratory injuries from ammonia at a frozen storage plant. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 21 |
Campo Tribal Lands, CA: Three workers at a power generating wind farm were injured by electrical shock. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 21 |
Allen County, IN: Nearly 2,000 gallons of liquid nitrogen spilled into a local creek. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 21 |
Albertville, AL: A worker at an auto parts plant injured in a fall had to be airlifted. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 20 |
West Haven, CT: A flash fire at a printing plant injured two workers. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 20 |
Taunton, MA: A worker died after falling from a ladder at a coatings & laminates plant. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 20 |
Stoney Creek, ON: Fire destroyed an outdoor conveyor belt at a can manufacturing company. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 20 |
St. Joseph, MO: An employee at a food processing plant caught his fingers in machinery. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 20 |
Raichur, India: A conveyor belt at a coal-fueled power plant caught fire. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 20 |
New Castle, PA: Two separate fires broke out at a plant specializing in high temperature ceramics. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 20 |
Madison, TN: Ground rubber caught fire at a tire factory. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 20 |
Gulf of Mexico: 11 people died in an explosion and fire aboard a deepwater oil drilling platform. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 20 |
Exeter Twp., PA: Anhydrous ammonia leaked from a 2,000-gallon tank at a poultry processing plant. More information |
Monday
Apr 19 |
Timmins, ON: An electrical fire broke out at a sawmill. More information |
Monday
Apr 19 |
Port Arthur, TX: A contract employee working on a project to expand crude processing at a refinery died. More information |
Monday
Apr 19 |
Grande Prairie, AB: Responders gained control of a fire on a pulp plant wood chip conveyor within 1 hour. More information |
Monday
Apr 19 |
Dandenong, Australia: Workers evacuated a glass factory based on a suspected gas leak. More information |
Monday
Apr 19 |
Chicago, IL: A meat packing plant worker was overcome when a cooling system leak caused O2 levels to drop. More information |
Monday
Apr 19 |
Bruchsal, Germany: Fire followed an explosion at a recycling plant in equipment producing alternative fuel. More information |
Monday
Apr 19 |
Bowling Green, OH: A smokestack fire broke out at automotive parts plant. More information |
Monday
Apr 19 |
Boksburg, South Africa: Chlorine poured into a blocked drain overcame 14 meat packing workers. More information |
Monday
Apr 19 |
Birmingham, UK: Fire destroyed a textile factory. More information |
Monday
Apr 19 |
Allahabad, India: A fire at a concrete mixing plant panicked local residents. More information |
Sunday
Apr 18 |
Mont Belvieu, TX: Fire spread through a food processing plant specializing in honey. More information |
Sunday
Apr 18 |
Grand Rapids, MI: A minor grease fire at a tortilla chip factory was extinguished by the sprinkler system. More information |
Saturday
Apr 17 |
West Bromwich, UK: Fire gutted a recycling plant. More information |
Saturday
Apr 17 |
Throop, PA: Rain and palletized lime reacted near hay bales, igniting a small fire at an electronics plant. More information |
Saturday
Apr 17 |
Richmond, IN: A machinery fire broke out at an auto parts factory. More information |
Saturday
Apr 17 |
Newton Twp., PA: A dust fire shut down paper drying operations at a tissue factory. More information |
Saturday
Apr 17 |
Naperville, IL: Crackers that caught fire in an industrial oven continued down the production line. More information |
Saturday
Apr 17 |
Morris, IL: A small fire broke out under a stairway at a pallet processing plant. More information |
Saturday
Apr 17 |
Mataura, New Zealand: Efforts to put out an exhaust fan fire at a fiberboard plant led to a dust explosion. More information |
Saturday
Apr 17 |
Helsingborg, Sweden: Fire spread through a printing plant. More information |
Friday
Apr 16 |
Lynchburg, VA: Threat of collapse led firefighters not to intervene in a fire at an abandoned cement plant. More information |
Friday
Apr 16 |
St. Pölten, Austria: An explosion at a chemical plant damaged the exhaust system. More information |
Friday
Apr 16 |
Slite, Sweden: A fire broke out in a silo at a cement plant. More information |
Friday
Apr 16 |
LeFlore County, OK: An explosion heard at a power plant was a front-end loader that caught fire. More information |
Friday
Apr 16 |
Athens, MI: Grease left in storage tanks at a poultry processing plant under renovation caught fire. More information |
Thursday
Apr 15 |
Rochester, NY: Two workers were injured after an explosion triggered a fire at a pallet factory. More information |
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