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Entries for May 2010
Thursday
May 13 |
Hanford, WA: A worker at a plutonium finishing plant was injured by possibly contaminated material. More information |
Thursday
May 13 |
Midland, TX: A flash fire at a storage tank battery burned a maintenance worker. More information |
Wednesday
May 12 |
Ambala, India: 2 workers at a private distillery died in a fire. More information |
Wednesday
May 12 |
Niagara Falls, NY: A paper plant worker was crushed while working on a production line of giant rolls. More information |
Wednesday
May 12 |
Sharjah, UAE: A paint factory & 4 warehouses were destroyed by fire that killed 2 people. More information |
Wednesday
May 12 |
Kansas City, KS: An equipment malfunction spewed hot asphalt onto fiberglass plant workers, burning 2. More information |
Wednesday
May 12 |
Letart, WV: An explosion in a dumpter injured 4 workers at a metals manufacturing plant. More information |
Wednesday
May 12 |
Alameda County, CA: Responders confined a refinery fire to a single heater stack. More information |
Wednesday
May 12 |
Horace, ND: Fire broke out in an industrial oven roasting sunflower seeds at a food processing plant. More information |
Wednesday
May 12 |
Tartarstan region, Russia: An explosion & fire at a Kama River power plant left 2 dead & 10 hurt. More information |
Wednesday
May 12 |
Dimock, PA: Cause of death is yet undetermined regarding a worker found dead at a gas well site. More information |
Wednesday
May 12 |
Geneva, IL: An explosion injured 2 workers at a food flavoring factory. More information |
Wednesday
May 12 |
Mankato, MN: A fire at a closed concrete plant created thick, multi-colored smoke. More information |
Wednesday
May 12 |
Palm Springs, CA: A tractor trailer at a vegetable packing plant caught fire. More information |
Wednesday
May 12 |
Cape Town, South Africa: 5 people were injured in a factory explosion. More information |
Wednesday
May 12 |
Canning Vale, Australia: Fire broke out in a pasteurization unit at a food processing plant. More information |
Wednesday
May 12 |
Montgomery Twp., PA: A fire ignited in an industrial oven at a sandpaper manufacturing plant. More information |
Tuesday
May 11 |
Baddi, India: A yarn mill was gutted by fire. More information |
Tuesday
May 11 |
Auckland, New Zealand: A man was burned on the face in an explosion at a metal products factory. More information |
Tuesday
May 11 |
Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa: 4 people were seriously injured in a factory fire. More information |
Tuesday
May 11 |
Gazipur, Bangladesh: 8 persons were injured when a fire broke out in a warehouse of a garment factory. More information |
Tuesday
May 11 |
Madill, OK: 2 workers were hurt when an elevator cable snapped inside a silo, dropping them 40 feet. More information |
Tuesday
May 11 |
Gudipatha, India: The death toll stands at six in a steel plant fire. More information |
Tuesday
May 11 |
Jakarta, Indonesia: 3 people died in a fire that destroyed half of a cosmetic fashion nails plant. More information |
Tuesday
May 11 |
Dalhart, TX: A fire in an area under construction brought production to a halt at a cheese plant. More information |
Tuesday
May 11 |
Horizon City, TX: Firefighters quickly brought a pellet plant fire under control. More information |
Tuesday
May 11 |
Corpus Christi, TX: A flange fire shut down a coker unit. More information |
Tuesday
May 11 |
Taipei County, Taiwan -- 2 people died in an explosion and fire that ripped through a plastics plant. More information |
Monday
May 10 |
Joliet, IL: Fire broke out in the 5th floor coal hopper at a power plant. More information |
Monday
May 10 |
Corpus Christi, TX: A fire shut down a unit at an oil refinery. More information |
Monday
May 10 |
Fort Worth, TX: Worker evacuated a brewery after a chlorine odor was detected. More information |
Monday
May 10 |
Chichester, UK: An electrical fire broke out at a printing plant. More information |
Monday
May 10 |
Hampole, UK: A pile of about 2,000 tires caught fire at a waste recycling plant. More information |
Monday
May 10 |
Jeffersonville, IN: A worker at a shipbuilding facility died in a fall. More information |
Monday
May 10 |
Halesfield, UK: A man suffered injuries when he was crushed between 2 beams at a steel factory. More information |
Monday
May 10 |
Sprague, CT: An equipment fire broke out at a packaging plant. More information |
Monday
May 10 |
Saint-Vit, France: Hydrochloric acid leaked from a tanker truck. More information |
Sunday
May 09 |
Commerce, GA: Fire broke out at a chemical plant. More information |
Sunday
May 09 |
Corpus Christi, TX: Fire broke out at a tortilla factory. More information |
Sunday
May 09 |
Belfast, UK: Fire broke out at an aircraft factory. More information |
Sunday
May 09 |
Berrien Spring, IN: Flames protruded from ventilation ducts at a tool and die plant. More information |
Sunday
May 09 |
Gaogiao, China: Two massive explosions ripped through an oil refinery. More information |
Sunday
May 09 |
Hull, UK: Fire destroyed a warehouse at a vitamin factory. More information |
Sunday
May 09 |
Jefferson, GA: A chemical plant fire forced the closure of a nearby airport for several hours. More information |
Saturday
May 08 |
New Delhi, India: Fire gutted a plastics factory. More information |
Saturday
May 08 |
Melbourne, Australia: A gas leak at a food processing plant resulted in nausea and headaches. More information |
Saturday
May 08 |
Batavia, NY: A historic factory building famed for making plows burned. More information |
Saturday
May 08 |
Ajmer, India: Fire destroyed a battery factory. More information |
Saturday
May 08 |
Fairmont, WV: A small fire in a storage room resulted in a hydrogen sulfide leak at a pulp mill. More information |
Saturday
May 08 |
Badbergen, Germany: A chimney fire broke out at a power plant fueled by biogas. More information |
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