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Entries for December 2009
Thursday
Dec 31 |
Ciudad Madero, Mexico: A flash fire in an oil refinery coker unit injured three workers. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 30 |
Clintonville, PA: Seven miles of interstate highway were closed after a 4,000 gallon hazmat spill. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 30 |
Council Bluffs, IA: Fire broke out on the roof of a power plant More information |
Wednesday
Dec 30 |
Corpus Christi, TX: A small fire at an oil refinery was extinguished within minutes. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 30 |
Hawkins County, VA: An electrical arc triggered a confined space fire at a power plant. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 30 |
Kiamesha Lake, NY: Nitric acid spilled at a bottled water plant. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 30 |
Newcastle, S. Africa: A gas leak at a steel plant killed four workers. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 30 |
Rogerville, TN: A faulty circuit breaker caused an electrical flash fire at a coal-burning power plant. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 29 |
St. Anna, WI: The contents of a burning dumpster at a manufacturing plant exploded when hit with water, killing a firefighter. More information |
Monday
Dec 28 |
Mesa, AZ: Fire broke out in a generator at an aircraft plant. More information |
Monday
Dec 28 |
Nicholasville, KY: Heavy smoke forced employees to evacuate an automotive parts plant. More information |
Sunday
Dec 27 |
Longview, WA: The body of a chemical plant worker missing for two days was found buried in a massive salt pile. More information |
Sunday
Dec 27 |
Norman, OK: Fire was reported at a pharmaceutical plant. More information |
Sunday
Dec 27 |
Sannazzaro, Italy: A furnace was damaged when fire broke out at a refinery. More information |
Sunday
Dec 27 |
Valdese, NC: Fire damaged the roof of a textile plant. More information |
Saturday
Dec 26 |
El Nadhour, Tunisia: Fire destroyed a plant specializing in automobile steering wheels. More information |
Saturday
Dec 26 |
Fleetwood, UK: Fire broke out at a waste management facility. More information |
Saturday
Dec 26 |
Madambibir Haat, Bangladesh: Four workers were killed in an explosion at a ship salvage yard. More information |
Thursday
Dec 24 |
Billings, MT: A storage tank fire at an oil refinery released thick smoke. More information |
Thursday
Dec 24 |
Osaka, Japan: Four workers atop a 26-foot tall boron trifluoride storage tank were killed in an explosion that blew the roof off a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Dec 24 |
Texas City, TX: Separate fires broke out in a crude unit pump and a gas line at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Dec 24 |
Jefferson City, MO: Fire destroyed a recycling plant. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 23 |
Dundee City, UK: A heating system designed to keep stored bitumen soft caught fire. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 23 |
Ludwigshafen, Germany: A fire broke out in an ethylene cracker at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 23 |
Minneapolis, MN: A forklift ruptured an ammonia line, forcing workers to evacuate a food canning plant. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 23 |
Nhlangano, Swaziland: Fire destroyed a garment factory. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 23 |
Thomaston, ME: An explosion rocked a cement plant. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 22 |
Ghaziabad, India: An explosion at a factory killed one person and injured four. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 22 |
Hopkinton, MA: Fire broke out in fine metal shavings at a manufacturing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 22 |
Kansas City, MO: Eight workers were overcome by ammonia fumes at a food processing plant. More information |
Monday
Dec 21 |
Dublin, Ireland: Maintenance work touched off a fire in a storage building at a brewery. More information |
Monday
Dec 21 |
Emerald, Australia: A truck carrying 60 tons of ammonium nitrate overturned, spilling its load. More information |
Monday
Dec 21 |
Everett, WA: A small fire broke out in a paper processing machine at a paper mill. More information |
Monday
Dec 21 |
Heqing Town, China: An explosion in a reaction vessel killed a chemical plant worker. More information |
Monday
Dec 21 |
Ringaskiddy, Ireland: An explosion triggered a major fire at a recycling facility. More information |
Sunday
Dec 20 |
Antwerp, Belgium: A broken naphtha pipeline ignited a steam cracker at a chemical plant. More information |
Sunday
Dec 20 |
Bayport, MN: Two silo fires were reported at a plant specializing in replacement windows. More information |
Sunday
Dec 20 |
Copperbelt Province, Zambia: An overturned tanker truck spilled acid into a stream feeding the Kafue River. More information |
Sunday
Dec 20 |
Heraklion, Greece: An explosion and fire at a kernel oil plant injured a worker. More information |
Saturday
Dec 19 |
Baesweiler, Germany: More than 264,000 gallons of fermented corn silage leaked from a biogas plant. More information |
Saturday
Dec 19 |
Glasgow, KY: Fire broke out in an exhaust fan on the roof of a plant specializing in automotive castings. More information |
Saturday
Dec 19 |
Ohrel, Germany: An explosion damaged the equipment room at a biogas plant. More information |
Saturday
Dec 19 |
Veracruz, Mexico: A boiler at a sugar cane plant exploded. More information |
Friday
Dec 18 |
Guadalajara, Mexico: One person was injured in an explosion at a candy factory. More information |
Friday
Dec 18 |
Nong Khae, Thailand: One person died and four others were injured after inhaling hydrogen sulphide at a plant. More information |
Friday
Dec 18 |
Priolo, Italy: A fire broke out at a refinery. More information |
Friday
Dec 18 |
Uttar Pradesh, India: Two workers died and eight were injured in a fire at a pharmaceuticals plant. More information |
Thursday
Dec 17 |
Point MacKenzie, AK: An explosion and fire at an LNG plant destroyed a maintenance building. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 16 |
Hamlar, Germany: An explosion in a fermentation tank extensively damaged a biogas plant. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 16 |
Medline, MA: A forklift accident at a medical supply company injured a worker and required a haz mat response. More information |
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