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Entries for June 2010
Thursday
Jun 10 |
Minneapolis, MN: 3 workers were hurt in a storage tank explosion at a Minneapolis plastics company. More information |
Thursday
Jun 10 |
Fort McMurray, AB: 5 people were hurt in a fire in a 7-3 diluent recovery unit at an oil sands plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 10 |
Huntington, WV: Workers extinguished a small fire at a pigments plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 10 |
Rangoon, India: An ammonium gas pipe exploded at a shrimp-processing factory, killing 4 workers. More information |
Thursday
Jun 10 |
Lowell, MA: A worker at a distribution company was injured when a wall collapsed inside a rail car. More information |
Thursday
Jun 10 |
Romeoville, IL: Fire damaged the compressor room at a packaging plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 10 |
Fall River, WI: Dust from a welder exploded in a container at a metal fabricating plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 10 |
North Ridgeville, OH: A fire near a trash compactor forced workers to temporarily leave a gas plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 10 |
El Paso, TX: Paper caught fire at a recycling plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 10 |
Brindisi, Italy: 1 worker died and 4 were hurt in a storage tank explosion at a pharmaceutical plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 10 |
Darwin, Australia: Workers evacuated a chemical plant after a small spill involving styrene. More information |
Thursday
Jun 10 |
Richterswil, Germany: A fire in a closed silk factory disrupted underground rail service. More information |
Thursday
Jun 10 |
Segovia, Spain: Fire broke out in a factory paint booth. More information |
Thursday
Jun 10 |
Moselle, France: An explosion injured 2 workers at a railcar plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 10 |
Brindisi, Italy: An explosion at a pharmaceutical plant killed 1 and injured 4. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 09 |
Herford, Germany: An explosion at a meat packing plant injured a worker. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 09 |
Erie, PA: 2 aluminum trailers full of car scrap caught fire during shredding at a recycling center. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 09 |
Somerset, KY: An asphalt plant worker cutting open a barrel of driveway filler was hurt in an explosion. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 09 |
Anderson, SC: Fibers trapped in duct work ignited at a textile plant under renovation. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 09 |
Millmerran, Australia: Responders worked to decontaminate a major truck fire involving pesticides. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 09 |
Helm, CA: Fire broke out in a hopper conveyor at an organic manure plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 09 |
Renton, WA: A fire in a dust-collection system rousted employees of a spring factory. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 09 |
Saint Johns, NB: A small fire broke out on the roof of a tissue plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 09 |
Anderson, SC: Pink flames rose from the roof of an asphalt plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 08 |
Buckeye, AZ: 2 chemical plant workers were burned by sulfuric acid. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 08 |
Panama City, FL: A recycling plant fire burned throughout the night. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 08 |
Henderson, NV: Fire gutted a wood pallet storage yard. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 08 |
Saratoga Springs, UT: A slow moving fire threatened an explosives plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 08 |
Woodward, OK: Red phosphorus ignited at a chemical plant, injuring 2 people. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 08 |
Darrouzett, TX: A bulldozer hit a natural gas pipeline that ignited, killing 2 workers. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 08 |
Narayanganj, Bangladesh: 8 steel plant workers were injured in a furnace explosion. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 08 |
Norco, LA: A propylene cloud escaped from a refinery pipeline under maintenance. More information |
Monday
Jun 07 |
Rayong, Thailand: Nearly 300 people fell ill when a tank holding sodium hypochlorite suddenly collapsed. More information |
Monday
Jun 07 |
Columbus, IN: A worker at an aluminum smelting plant was pinned in a forklift accident. More information |
Monday
Jun 07 |
Ely, UK: An abandoned factory was declared structurally unsound after a fire. More information |
Monday
Jun 07 |
St. Catharines, ON: Fire destroyed an abandoned factory. More information |
Monday
Jun 07 |
Irving, TX: Firefighters used a ladder truck to reach a fire at a sealants and adhesives plant. More information |
Monday
Jun 07 |
Morgantown, WV: A crew drilling a natural gas well hit methane gas that ignited, burning 7 workers, More information |
Monday
Jun 07 |
Rayong, Thailand: A chlorine leak at a chemical plant affected more than 100 people. More information |
Monday
Jun 07 |
Kanpur, India: Fire broke out at a fertilizer factory. More information |
Monday
Jun 07 |
Denver, CO: An explosion and fire at a power substation caused a local outage. More information |
Monday
Jun 07 |
Cleburne, TX: Workers ruptured a large natural gas line that exploded, resulting in burns. More information |
Monday
Jun 07 |
Theodore, AL: A flash fire at a chemical plant injured 5 people. More information |
Monday
Jun 07 |
Dayton, TN: A pipe rupture at a chemical plant forced an hour long evacuation. More information |
Monday
Jun 07 |
Zhongshan, China: A fire shut down production at a circuit board factory. More information |
Monday
Jun 07 |
Kassel, Germany: An aerial device was used to rescue 4 people from a burning factory. More information |
Monday
Jun 07 |
Oakville, ON: An unused foundry was destroyed by fire. More information |
Sunday
Jun 06 |
Westhampton, NY: Commerical fireworks stored near an airport exploded. More information |
Sunday
Jun 06 |
St. Catharines, ON: A fire in an abandoned manufacturing plant forced an area evacuation. More information |
Sunday
Jun 06 |
Surfleet, UK: Nearby homes had to be evacuated because of a fire at a flower processing plant. More information |
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