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Entries for November 2012
Friday
Nov 30 |
Paulsboro, NJ: Railcars containing vinyl chloride dropped into a creek when a bridge collapsed. More Information |
Thursday
Nov 29 |
Fallsburg, NY: A boiler explosion blew out a wall at a chicken processing plant, injuring 2. More Information |
Thursday
Nov 29 |
Wheeling , IL: A contractor died when he fell into a vertical storage tank containing a solvent sludge. More Information |
Wednesday
Nov 28 |
Colwich, KS: A transformer fire at a power plant burned more than 4 hours. More Information |
Wednesday
Nov 28 |
Las Vegas, NV: Fire broke out at a recycling plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Nov 27 |
St. Bernard, OH: A heater used at a home heating oil distributor caught fire. |
Tuesday
Nov 27 |
Ripley, TN: Fire broke out at a plastics plant. |
Tuesday
Nov 27 |
Dadra, India: Fire broke out at a plant making polyester yarn. |
Tuesday
Nov 27 |
Fort Mill, PA: Oil ignited in a chemical plant heating unit. |
Tuesday
Nov 27 |
Littleborough, UK: A worker ata food processing plant suffered burns when he fell into a boiling caustic soda solution. |
Tuesday
Nov 27 |
Numurkah, Australia: Fire swept through a vegetable oil refinery. |
Monday
Nov 26 |
Lexington, KY: Fire broke out in roasting equipment at a peanut butter plant. |
Monday
Nov 26 |
Ottawa, ON: Fire destroyed a seafood processing factory. |
Monday
Nov 26 |
Langley, UK: Nearby residents were evacuated when flames raced through a gin distillery. |
Sunday
Nov 25 |
Dhaka, Bangladesh: A fire swept through a garment factory, killing more than 100 people. |
Friday
Nov 23 |
Oroville, CA: Fire broke out at a power plant that supplies electricity to pumps used by a major water delivery system. |
Thursday
Nov 22 |
Askoy, Norway: A gas leak alarm sounded aboard an offshore rig docked for maintenance. |
Thursday
Nov 22 |
Kelso, UK: Vapor from aluminum filings caused concern about a potential fire at an engineering firm. |
Wednesday
Nov 21 |
Albert Lea, MN: Fire broke out in machinery at a twine manufacturing plant. |
Wednesday
Nov 21 |
Tecumseh, ON: Fire broke out in an injection molding facility at an automotive plastics plant. |
Wednesday
Nov 21 |
Yuma, AZ: Fire destroyed 3 buildings at a produce packing plant, injuring 2. |
Tuesday
Nov 20 |
Sydney, Australia: A furniture factory fire sent several people to the hospital for fume inhalation. More Information |
Tuesday
Nov 20 |
Price, UT: Two men were injured in a possible explosion and fire at a natural gas operations station. More Information |
Tuesday
Nov 20 |
Doylestown, PA: A 3-alarm fire erupted at a chenical plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Nov 20 |
Hatfield Peverel, UK: An acid spill at a milk processing plant forced the closure of a nearby rail line. |
Tuesday
Nov 20 |
Hebron, OH: A flash fire involving an electrical panel burned a worker at a plant making quartz tubing. |
Tuesday
Nov 20 |
Carbon County, UT: A ruptured pipeline caused an explosion and fire at a natural gas operations station that injured 2. |
Monday
Nov 19 |
Sapulpa, OK: A fire cut the power supply to a glass plant. |
Saturday
Nov 17 |
Devon, UK: Workers at a creamery suffered breathing difficulties after a nitric acid spill inside the factory. More Information |
Saturday
Nov 17 |
Akwa Ibom, Nigeria: Pipeline shut down due to leak. More Information |
Saturday
Nov 17 |
Lifton, UK: Workers suffered breathing difficultites from nitric acid fumes at a creamery. |
Friday
Nov 16 |
Fresno, CA: An employee sustained facial burns after hazardous materials spilled at a plant. More Information |
Friday
Nov 16 |
Garland, TX: A chemical plant fire of toluene and methanol was allowed to burn out. More Information |
Friday
Nov 16 |
Colombo, Sri Lanka: Two people were killed and 11 hospitalized after inhaling a noxious gas while a pipleine was under repair. More Information |
Friday
Nov 16 |
Elyria, OH: Multiple fire departments battled a blaze at a foundry. More Information |
Friday
Nov 16 |
Gulf of Mexico: A shallow-water oil-and-gas production platform was on fire after an explosion, injuring at least 11, with two people missing. More Information |
Friday
Nov 16 |
Garland, TX: An explosion rocked a chemical plant while crews unloaded methanol from a rail car. |
Friday
Nov 16 |
Sapugaskanda, Sri Lanka: Gas leaking from a pipeline killed 2 refinery workers and injured 11. |
Friday
Nov 16 |
Elyria, OH: Explosions were heard shortly before fire swept through a foundry making iron castings. |
Friday
Nov 16 |
Bradford, United Kingdom: An oven fire spread into the roof space of a packaging factory. More Information |
Thursday
Nov 15 |
Sheboygan, WI: Metal under the coal bunker caught fire at a power plant. More Information |
Thursday
Nov 15 |
Hartford, IL: A dry dock worker was killed when a tugboat propeller fell on him. More Information |
Thursday
Nov 15 |
Manimajra, India: Excessive steaming caused the blast that killed one and injured another sweet shop employee. More Information |
Thursday
Nov 15 |
Calera, AL: A contractor doing repairs was injured at a cement plant. More Information |
Thursday
Nov 15 |
Oakland, CA: A plastics recycling worker was killed when a forklift toppled on him. More Information |
Thursday
Nov 15 |
Ottawa, ON: A man was in serious condition following an industrial accident. More Information |
Thursday
Nov 15 |
Jefferson, OR: Spa factory 4-alarm fire resulted in major property damage. More Information |
Wednesday
Nov 14 |
Menlo Park, CA: A chemical spill at a food engineering company caused a brief evacuation. More Information |
Wednesday
Nov 14 |
Sheboygan, WI: Fire broke out in a coal bunker at a power plant. |
Wednesday
Nov 14 |
Glendale, WI: An employee was injured and elevated carbon monoxide levels forced evacuation at a brewery. More Information |
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