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Entries for January 2013
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
East Devonport, Australia: A burglar using a power tool to cut a live electrical cable at a closed carpet plant suffered severe burns. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Grandville, MI: Sprinklers extinguished a fire at an auto parts plant within 10 minutes. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Springfield, IL: A fire left a power plant offline. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Galdakao, Spain: A worker at an explosives plant was injured in a blast. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Norte de Santander, Colombia: Rebels bombed an oil pipeline for the 2nd time in a week. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Thikriwala, India: A boiler explosion at a board factory killed 1 and injured 5. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Des Moines, IA: A plating plant worker partially slipped into a shallow vat of 300 degrees F chemicals but was quickly rescued. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Leetsdale, PA: A worker at an aluminum processing plant was hit and trapped beneath a forklift. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Murrieta, CA: A tractor caught fire inside a recycling plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
North Haven, CT: A man found crushed to death at a metals recycling plant was not an employee. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Bury, UK: A worker died from a head injury at a factory. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Sydney, Australia: Fire broke out in electrical wiring at a nuclear research facility. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Brakpan, S. Africa: Fire spread through a plastic packaging plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Charlotte, NC: A freight terminal worker was injured in an industrial accident. More Information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Tracy, CA: Warning sensors detected high chemical concentrations in a production room at a chemical plant making bleach. More Information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Kozlu, Turkey: 8 coal miners died in a methane gas explosion. More Information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Caps, TX: A worker at a pipe facility died when a tank slipped off a trailer. More Information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Vastervik, Sweden: A series of explosions lasting nearly 40 minutes rocked a powder coating plant. More Information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Moxham, PA: Fire broke out at a metals plant when molten product leaked. More Information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Rosehill, Australia: Concern about asbestos exposure followed a fire at an LPG plant. More Information |
Sunday
Jan 06 |
Tyler, TX: A transformer blew out at a food processing plant, igniting a warehouse for recycled cardboard. More Information |
Sunday
Jan 06 |
Guatemala City, Guatemala: 2 workers repairing high pressure steam lines at a pet food factory died in an explosion. More Information |
Sunday
Jan 06 |
Ourinhos, Brazil: Lightning ignited a 5 million litres tank of alcohol that burned for days. More Information |
Sunday
Jan 06 |
Los Angeles, CA: A methane burn off at a gas storage facility near LAX caused public concern. More Information |
Sunday
Jan 06 |
Islamabad, Pakistan: 3 workers died in an explosion at a medical gas plant. More Information |
Sunday
Jan 06 |
West Bromwich, UK: Firefighters kept a textile recycling plant fire from spreading to a neighboring chemical plant. More Information |
Sunday
Jan 06 |
Benalla, Australia: A grass fire spread to a factory. More Information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Fort Lauderdale, FL: A strong chlorine odor from a broken container triggered a neighborhood evacuation. More Information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Rajasthan, India: 2 workers died from inhaling toxic gases at a lead smelter. More Information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Surat, India: A storage tank fire in a terminal tank farm killed 3 people. More Information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Clarks Hill, IN: Firefighters emptied the town's water tower battling a pallet plant fire. More Information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Camp Washington, OH: Fire broke out in a warehouse. More Information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Port City, India: An explosion in a chemical reactor at a pharmaceutical plant killed 2 workers. More Information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Chittagong, Bangladesh: 35 workers at a garment factory were injured when sparks from a fluorescent fixture triggered a panic. More Information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Bogota, Colombia: Oil from a pipeline bombed by terrorists spiled into the Margua River. More Information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Nanyang, China: A tanker truck carrying liquefied gas crashed into an apartment building, killing at least 1. More Information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Idi Iroko, Nigeria: A fuel tanker collised with two other tankers and caught fire, killing 3. More Information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
St. Albans, VT: A tanker truck rolled on its side with no major leaks. More Information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Armorel, AR: A worker doing maintenance on a crane at a metals plant died in a traumatic accident. More Information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Odessa, TX: A tanker truck overturned several times, spilling fuel. More Information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Jubail, Saudi Arabia: A fire at an industrial waste facility killed 6. More Information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Iztapalapa, Mexico: 10 people became ill from exposure to aluminum phosphide used as insecticide in a grain warehouse. More Information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Chicago, IL: Fire broke out at a plastic cup plant. More Information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Lordstown, OH: 4 auto plant workers were treated after a small fire. More Information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Fayetteville, TN: For nearly an hour smoke poured out of a plant making bi-metallic conductors. More Information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Strasburg, NY: Fire broke out in plastic molding machinery at an auto parts plant. More Information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Zeeland, MI: Fire broke out in the roofing insulation at a baby formula plant. More Information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Wolverhampton, UK: A worker at a cardboard factory died in an industrial accident. More Information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Tilbrook, UK: Three tons of straw caught fire in a grinder at a straw factory. More Information |
Friday
Jan 04 |
Wadivarhe, India: Wind carried spreading flames into the chemical storage area of a paint factory. More Information |
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