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Entries for November 2012
Tuesday
Nov 13 |
Plymouth Twsp, MI: Hazardous materials specialists responded to a spill of liquid mercury at an aerospace manufacturer. More Information |
Tuesday
Nov 13 |
Raleigh, IL: Factory fire forced road closure for a couple hours. More Information |
Tuesday
Nov 13 |
Wurtland, KY: Neighboring facilities sheltered in place when sulfuric acid leaked at a chemical plant. |
Tuesday
Nov 13 |
Plymouth, MI: Haz mat specialists responded when liquid mercury spilled at an aerospace manufacturer. |
Tuesday
Nov 13 |
Colbert County, AL: A pipe rupture blew siding off a plant making ammonia. |
Tuesday
Nov 13 |
Vinco, PA: A mine employee was injured while working underground. More Information |
Tuesday
Nov 13 |
Cherokee, AL: An explosion at a chemical plant sent a man to the hospital. More Information |
Tuesday
Nov 13 |
Liberty, SC: A defunct denim factory caught fire as workers prepared it for demolition. More Information |
Tuesday
Nov 13 |
Waco, TX: A small fire at a fuel storage facility was quickly extinguished by employees. More Information |
Monday
Nov 12 |
Fontana, CA: One killed and another injured when a cable snapped at an industrial plant. More Information |
Monday
Nov 12 |
Lucknow, India: At least 7 people died and several others injured by an explosion at an illegal fireworks factory. More Information |
Monday
Nov 12 |
Pekin, IL: A small fire in a grain elevator caused little damage. More Information |
Monday
Nov 12 |
Springfield, MO: One person injured from burning insulation at a manufacturing facility. More Information |
Monday
Nov 12 |
Columbus, WI: A packaging plant fire sprinkler system extinguished a small fire and explosion. More Information |
Sunday
Nov 11 |
Oswego County, NY: A main transformer fire shut down a nuclear plant for the second time in a week. More Information |
Sunday
Nov 11 |
Crystal Lake, IL: A steel fabricator processing system caught fire with an oil tank. More Information |
Sunday
Nov 11 |
Oswego, NY: A damaged transformer was replaced after a fire shut down a nuclear power plant. |
Friday
Nov 09 |
Valcourt, QC: One worker dies from an explosion at a recreational vehicle factory. More Information |
Friday
Nov 09 |
New Holland, PA: Manufacturing plant evacuated when 55 gallons of a flammable liquid spilled onto a loading dock. More Information |
Friday
Nov 09 |
Wanganui, New Zealand: Two men seriously injured after an accident at a tannery. More Information |
Thursday
Nov 08 |
Tensas Parish, LA: Two men badly burned in LA oil rig fire. More Information |
Thursday
Nov 08 |
Bangalore, India: A fire engulfed a paint factory. More Information |
Thursday
Nov 08 |
Sherbrooke, QC: An explosion followed by fire rocked a marine sciences plant, killing 3 and injuring 18. |
Thursday
Nov 08 |
Sherbrooke, QC: Three people died from a powerful explosion and fire at a manufacturing plant. More Information |
Thursday
Nov 08 |
Meriden, UK: A worker fractured his arm when it became caught in machinery at a concrete recycling plant. More Information |
Wednesday
Nov 07 |
Temple, TX: Fire broke out in a dust collector at a packaging plant. More Information |
Wednesday
Nov 07 |
LaCrosse, WI: A machine fire broke out at an air conditioning plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Nov 06 |
Sydney, Australia: A machine fire spread through a uniform laundering facility. More Information |
Tuesday
Nov 06 |
Fresno, CA: A gunman killed 1 person and injured 3 at a chicken processing plant before shooting himself. More Information |
Tuesday
Nov 06 |
Conroe, TX: 8 people were injured in an explosion when a leaking tank ignited at a propane distribution facility. More Information |
Tuesday
Nov 06 |
Memphis, TN: Fire erupted at a shipping pallet plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Nov 06 |
Stowmarket, UK: Fire broke out in the roof cavity of a malt factory. More Information |
Tuesday
Nov 06 |
Caracas, Venezuela: Workers at an oil refinery shut down a unit shortly after a small explosion caused a fire. More Information |
Monday
Nov 05 |
Holland, MI: Smoke from a small fire spread through the duct work at a laminating plant. More Information |
Monday
Nov 05 |
Richmond, CA: Diesel leak at a refinery caught fire, injuring one and activating a shelter-in-place warning. More Information |
Monday
Nov 05 |
Gujarat, India: 5 sailors aboard an LPG carrier died when they were overcome by gas while repairing a damaged pipe. More Information |
Monday
Nov 05 |
Toronto, ON: An electrical fire broke out at a sugar factory. More Information |
Monday
Nov 05 |
Galilee, RI: Sprinklers helped contain a fire at a seafood processing plant. More Information |
Sunday
Nov 04 |
Siparia, Trinidad & Tobago: A hot oil blower exploded in the face of a bitumen plant worker, killing him. More Information |
Sunday
Nov 04 |
San Dimitri, Malta: 4 presumed dead after explosions ripped through a fireworks factory. More Information |
Sunday
Nov 04 |
Los Angeles, CA: A strange odor that prompted the evacuation of a clothing factory turned out to be contractors spray painting a neighboring building. More Information |
Sunday
Nov 04 |
Waltloo, S. Africa: Fire destroyed a wood laminating factory. More Information |
Sunday
Nov 04 |
Mentone, Australia: Fire destroyed a vacant factory building. More Information |
Sunday
Nov 04 |
Kota Baru, Malaysia: 2 boiler tanks exploded injuring 11 during a fire at an abandoned factory. More Information |
Sunday
Nov 04 |
Wauwatosa, WI: A coal fire at a power plant is expected to burn for several days. More Information |
Saturday
Nov 03 |
Fitchburg, MA: Fire broke out in a product silo at a plant that makes wood pellets to fuel stoves. More Information |
Saturday
Nov 03 |
Almazov, Russia: 17 buildings burned when a gas pipeline caught fire. More Information |
Saturday
Nov 03 |
Saugerties, NY: A worker at an aggregate plant was boring holes for demolition charges when he became entangled in the drill and died. More Information |
Saturday
Nov 03 |
Altdorf, Switzerland: Authorities issue a shelter-in-place alert when fire swept through a biogas plant. More Information |
Saturday
Nov 03 |
Rugby, UK: A warehouse at a furniture factory was destroyed by fire. More Information |
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