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Entries for April 2010
Thursday
Apr 15 |
Mumbai, India: Three workers died and two firefighters were injured in a garment factory fire. More information |
Thursday
Apr 15 |
Lower Macungie Twp, PA: A furnace blast at a foundry making grooved pipe fittings killed a worker. More information |
Thursday
Apr 15 |
Keene, NH: A nitric acid spill was reported at a plant specializing in diamond turning. More information |
Thursday
Apr 15 |
Excelsior Springs, MO: A motor on a flour production line caught fire at a pasta factory. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 14 |
Yatala, Australia: Fire destroyed a factory specializing in rubber underlays for carpeting. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 14 |
Weleeka, OK: One man died and another was injured in a storage tank explosion. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 14 |
Schuykill County, PA: Fire destroyed an industrial rag plant that was hit by fire only four years earlier. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 14 |
Point Comfort, TX: An oil heater at a plastics plant caught fire. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 14 |
Laverton, Australia: A chemical plant worker using hydrochloric acid was exposed to chlorine gas. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 14 |
Gajraula, India: A fire at a chemical plant killed one worker and injured three others. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 14 |
Coruna, Spain: Two oil refinery workers were injured in a coker unit explosion. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 14 |
Baton Rouge, LA: Fire broke out at a chemical plant, injuring three workers. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 13 |
Shahpur, India: Fire broke out in a factory specializing in refined vegetable oils. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 13 |
North Little Rock, AR: Fire broke out at a recycling plant that was the site of a blaze only 2 months ago. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 13 |
Norco, LA: A titanium tetrachloride release at a chemical plant closed 3 local schools. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 13 |
Kreamer, PA: A silo filled with sawdust exploded at a cabinet factory. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 13 |
Karlsruhe, Germany: An explosion rocked a plastics factory. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 13 |
Alpharetta, GA: A foundry worker died when he was crushed inside a roll of steel and pulled into machinery. More information |
Monday
Apr 12 |
Walla Walla, WA: Fire destroyed a fiberglass plant, the 3rd major property loss at the same industrial park. More information |
Monday
Apr 12 |
Nhulunbuy, Australia: Officials are investigating reports that tons of alumina was dumped into a harbor. More information |
Monday
Apr 12 |
Meerut, India: A paint factory was gutted by fire. More information |
Monday
Apr 12 |
Deposit, NY: A fire at a wood pellet plant burned five hours. More information |
Monday
Apr 12 |
Cedar Falls, IA: An explosion in a large air compressor rocked a pump manufacturing plant. More information |
Monday
Apr 12 |
Birkenhead, UK: Fire spread through three buildings at a cold storage plant. More information |
Monday
Apr 12 |
Bhavnagar, India: An explosion in a furnace at a steel factory injured five workers. More information |
Monday
Apr 12 |
Albert Lea, MN: Fire broke out in a building used to dry wood at a wood products plant. More information |
Sunday
Apr 11 |
Windsor Locks, CT: Flames gutted a three-story factory complex that formerly manufactured wire and tinsel. More information |
Sunday
Apr 11 |
Vatva, India: A reactor exploded at an ammonia plant killing one worker and injuring 13 others. More information |
Sunday
Apr 11 |
Beiqijia Town, China: A chemical spill preceded an explosion at a printing plant that killed 1 and hurt 11. More information |
Saturday
Apr 10 |
West Hartford, CT: Responders moved 2 burning containers of aluminum away from a metal processing plant. More information |
Saturday
Apr 10 |
Port Kembla, Australia: Nearly 28 tons of steel being loaded onto a ship fell when a cable snapped. More information |
Saturday
Apr 10 |
New Delhi, India: Flames gutted 24 warehouses at a railroad container depot. More information |
Saturday
Apr 10 |
Kempton Park, South Africa: Fire broke out at a vending machine factory. More information |
Saturday
Apr 10 |
Huayuan County, China: 3 workers died when 400 cubic meters of manganese mine tailings overflowed a pond. More information |
Saturday
Apr 10 |
Berhampur, India: Spilled hydraulic fluid helped spread a fire at a plywood factory. More information |
Friday
Apr 09 |
Vasco, India: A packaging plant was gutted by fire. More information |
Friday
Apr 09 |
Tinsley, UK: Fire broke through the roof of a closed factory. More information |
Friday
Apr 09 |
Melbourne, Australia: Spontaneous combustion in fish oil ignited a blaze at a factory. More information |
Friday
Apr 09 |
Manjusar, India: A fire at a cement factory took two hours to extinguish. More information |
Friday
Apr 09 |
Kent, UK: A chemical tanker containing fuel sludge was stolen from a depot. More information |
Friday
Apr 09 |
Filton, UK: A chemical used as an etching agent in metal working was spilled at a factory. More information |
Friday
Apr 09 |
Endeavor, WI: Flames spread through a forest products company at an industrial park. More information |
Friday
Apr 09 |
Delmenhorst, Germany: An explosion at a chemical plant seriously injured one worker. More information |
Friday
Apr 09 |
Cupar, UK: Fire broke out at a vegetable processing plant. More information |
Friday
Apr 09 |
Bagru, India: Fire destroyed at polyfoam manufacturing plant. More information |
Friday
Apr 09 |
Altona, AK: Fire ignited in fish meal product at a fish oil factory. More information |
Thursday
Apr 08 |
Victoria, Seychelles: Families living near a brewery were evacuated when ammonia leaked. More information |
Thursday
Apr 08 |
Toledo, OH: Drillers struck a pocket of methane gas, causing an explosion. More information |
Thursday
Apr 08 |
Perris, CA: A worker lost two fingertips in a machine accident at an engineering firm. More information |
Thursday
Apr 08 |
North East, PA: A worker at a copper alloy products plant was hurt when chemicals reacted, splashing on him. More information |
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