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Entries for February 2000
Tuesday
Feb 29 |
Toronto, Canada: A worker at a steel plant was crushed to death by a 900 kilo pipe when a bundle of pipes that he was unloading from a truck broke loose. More information |
Friday
Feb 25 |
Elizabethton, TN: Wildlife officials were trying to establish if there was any connection between a factory fire and a fish kill in the nearby Watauga River hours later. More information |
Thursday
Feb 24 |
Albers, IL: Two workers were preparing to demolish a 165-foot coal storage silo when part of the structure fell on top of them, killing them both. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 22 |
Buffalo, NY: A factory worker was injured when four of her fingers were caught in a roller machine. Company workers and firefighters had to dismantle the machine to free her hand. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 22 |
Plainfield Township, PA: An explosion at a tire recycling plant caused a small roof fire. Two injuries reported were not directly related to the blast. More information |
Sunday
Feb 20 |
Sturdies Bay, British Columbia: A tanker truck ruptured, spilling 5,400 liters of gasoline onto the deck of a ferry and into the ocean. More information |
Sunday
Feb 20 |
Tooele, UT: Two workers were exposed to sarin, a deadly nerve agent, while repairing equipment at a chemical weapons incinerator. Officials said the men were not affected by the vapors. More information |
Saturday
Feb 19 |
Puyang, China: Thirteen people died and 54 were hospitalized after a natural gas explosion in a workshop in Central China. More information |
Friday
Feb 18 |
Bellefonte, PA: A 300-gallon barrel of sulfuric acid fell off of a forklift, releasing 75 to 100 gallons of chemical into a storm sewer. The acid reached a nearby stream, resulting in a fish kill. More information |
Friday
Feb 18 |
Anchorage, AK: A man was killed in an explosion that occurred as he was welding a ventline on top of a large wastewater tank. More information |
Friday
Feb 18 |
Oxford, PA: A 17-year-old boy has been accused of starting a fire that caused $300,000 in damage to a vacant factory. More information |
Thursday
Feb 17 |
Rolla, MO: A truck driver was killed when his propane truck was struck by another vehicle. The tank detached from the overturned cab, coming to rest in roadway before exploding. More information |
Thursday
Feb 17 |
Deer Park, TX: An emergency uncontrolled shutdown of a unit used for the manufacture of acrylic acid forced the evacuation of 350 workers. Nineteen pounds of acrolein was released. Eighty-five workers were treated after complaining of eye and throat irritation. More information |
Friday
Feb 11 |
Newark, OH: Three workers were hospitalized after a gas main exploded at an aluminum plant. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 09 |
Fargo, ND: A worker suffered head trauma and cuts to the face and neck after a 55-gallon drum exploded at a construction shop. More information |
Friday
Feb 04 |
Minneapolis, MN: One thousand gallons of hydrochloric acid spilled at a printing company, forcing the evacuation of more than 100 workers. More information |
Thursday
Feb 03 |
Palm Beach, FL: Fires burned at a utility plant for five and a half hours after up to 1,000 gallons of fuel oil leaked from a feeder line. More information |
Thursday
Feb 03 |
Riverside, CA: Two workers at a manufacturing plant were hospitalized with breathing difficulties after inhaling a chemical at work. More information |
Thursday
Feb 03 |
Niagara Falls, N.Y.: A metal plating factory with large amounts of hazardous chemicals caught fire. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 02 |
Milford, CT: Steel beams at a natural gas plant collapsed, burying a 100-foot crane. Two construction workers were killed and at least two were injured. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 02 |
Wichita, KS: It took firefighters about four hours to contain a fire in a vacant building used for storing chemicals. More information |