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Entries for January 2011
Tuesday
Jan 11 |
Rotherham, UK: A worker died in an explosion at a waste recycling plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 11 |
Lawrence Park, PA: Sprinklers extinguished a fire at a plant manufacturing heavy equipment for transportation systems. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 11 |
Mocksville, NC: A jammed conveyor belt ignited a fire at a flooring and cabinetry plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 10 |
Sawtell, Australia: A breakdown at a water treatment plant spilled sodium hypochlorite into a creek. More information |
Monday
Jan 10 |
Maniktala, India: A fire at an ice plant released ammonia that sickened 7 people. More information |
Monday
Jan 10 |
Cosentini, Italy: 3 people died and 1 was injured in a fireworks factory explosion. More information |
Monday
Jan 10 |
Coffs Harbour, Australia: People were advised not to swim or fish in a creek after an overnight chlorine spill at a water treatment plant.
More information |
Monday
Jan 10 |
Vernon Twp., MI: A railway car carrying hydrochloric acid was punctured in a derailment. More information |
Monday
Jan 10 |
New Delhi, India: 7 persons, including 6 children, suffered injuries when a drum containing chemicals exploded outside a printing press while they were burning waste material to beat the cold. More information |
Sunday
Jan 09 |
Zaozhuang City, China: 18 people were injured in the explosion of an LPG pipeline. More information |
Saturday
Jan 08 |
Austintown, OH: An overturned tanker truck spilled about 3,000 gallons of milk into a swampy-area that feeds into a drinking water reservoir. More information |
Saturday
Jan 08 |
Camarillo, CA: Hazmat responders dealt with a 50-gallon spill of corrosive copper-plating solution. More information |
Saturday
Jan 08 |
Trans Alaska Pipeline: A leak found at a pump station almost completely shut down the pipeline. More information |
Saturday
Jan 08 |
Beaumont, TX: A refinery reported a release of more than 100 pounds of hydrogen sulfide. More information |
Saturday
Jan 08 |
Sulingen, Germany: A 5,000-square-meter production complex at a metal finishing plant burned. More information |
Saturday
Jan 08 |
Khojipur, India: 7 people died in an explosion at a firecracker factory. More information |
Saturday
Jan 08 |
Memon Goth, Pakistan: Oil spilled into the city streets from a ruptured pipeline. More information |
Friday
Jan 07 |
Suzhou, China: A phosgene leak at a factory poisoned 62 workers. More information |
Friday
Jan 07 |
Horqin, China: About 30 tons of ethanol spilled when a road tanker overturned. More information |
Friday
Jan 07 |
Los Portales, Peru: An explosion at a gas plant killed one person. More information |
Thursday
Jan 06 |
Hoke County, NC: A major ammonia leak forced the evacuation of about 800 residents living near a turkey processing plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 06 |
Shahdol, India: About 50 people were made ill when chlorine gas leaked from a jute mill. More information |
Thursday
Jan 06 |
Fort McMurray, AB: An explosion ignited in the primary upgrader at an oilsands site. More information |
Thursday
Jan 06 |
Suzhou City, China: One person died and at least 80 more were affected by a phosgene leak at a pharmaceutical plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 06 |
Wisbech, UK: A fire in a extraction duct at a timber mill was quickly extinguished. More information |
Thursday
Jan 06 |
Lavera, France: An explosion at a chlorine plant killed 1 man and injured 9. More information |
Thursday
Jan 06 |
Canton Twp., OH: Liquid butane leaked from a valve on a railcar. More information |
Thursday
Jan 06 |
Suzhou, China: 62 factory workers were treated for exposure to phosgene gas. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 05 |
Hoke County, NC: A major ammonia leak forced the evacuation of about 800 residents living near a turkey processing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 05 |
Moerdijk, Netherland: Black smoke rising from a burning chemical plant known to contain carcinogenic material caused major concern. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 05 |
Port Arthur, TX: A crane collapse at a refinery knocked out electrical power to one of the plant's vacuum distillation units. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 05 |
Oakland, TN: 1 person died and another was injured in an explosion at an ammunition plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 04 |
Sant Celoni, Spain: A pipe rupture at a chemical company left a worker injured. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 04 |
Houston, TX: Some 15,000 gallons of animal fat poured into the Houston Ship Channel through a storm drain after an onshore storage tank leaked 250,000 gallons of the greasy substance. More information |
Monday
Jan 03 |
Williams Lake, BC: A fire broke out at a timber mill. More information |
Monday
Jan 03 |
Mount Maunganui, New Zealand: Thick black smoke billowed into the air at a chemical plant after metal filters in an open yard caught fire. More information |
Monday
Jan 03 |
Durban, S. Africa: One person died and another was seriously injured in an industrial accident while replacing a valve. More information |
Monday
Jan 03 |
Chembur, India: 3 teenagers suffered burns when a passing tank truck suddenly caught fire. More information |
Monday
Jan 03 |
Yuma, AZ: 150 gallons of ferrous chloride spilled at a sewage lift station. More information |
Sunday
Jan 02 |
Mount Maunganui, New Zealand: Metal filters containing flammable resin caught fire in an open yard at a specialty chemicals plant. More information |
Sunday
Jan 02 |
Durban, S. Africa: One worker died and another suffered chemical burns while trying to replace a valve at an industrial site. More information |
Saturday
Jan 01 |
Vadodara, India: 3 workers were injured when an open vessel containing acidic chemicals collapsed. More information |
Saturday
Jan 01 |
Lavera, France: An explosion at a chlorine plant killed 1 person and injured 9. More information |
Saturday
Jan 01 |
Swan Hills, AB: A natural gas pipeline exploded and burned near a processing facility. More information |
Saturday
Jan 01 |
Nauria, Kenya: More than 200,000 liters of fuel spilled when a train derailed. More information |
Saturday
Jan 01 |
Claremont, MN: About 420,000 gallons of corn mash spilled when a fermentation tank at an ethanol plant collapsed, draining nearly all the mash from it and another tank connected to it.
About 420,000 gallons of mash spilled and about 100,000 gallons got out of the building More information |
Saturday
Jan 01 |
Vadodara, India: 3 chemical plant workers were injured when an open vessel containing acid collapsed. More information |
Saturday
Jan 01 |
Aniak, AK: Nearly 7,000 gallons of fuel spilled at a marine services tank farm. More information |
Saturday
Jan 01 |
Coimbatore, India: A road tanker transporting diesel and gasoline caught fire and burned. More information |
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