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Entries for March 2005
Thursday
Mar 31 |
Saint-Just-Saint Rambert,France: A machine used to press detergent tablets caused a fire which created smoke with a high level of chlorine. More information |
Thursday
Mar 31 |
Wakayama,Japan: A hydrogen peroxide solution leaked from a valve causing 5 employees to become ill at a plum and pickles manufacturing plant. More information |
Thursday
Mar 31 |
Trelawny,Jamaica: Machinery exploded at a sugar factory killing 1 person and injuring 2 others. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 30 |
Columbia,SC: 1 employee was killed in an explosion and fire at an adhesives plant. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 30 |
Hopkinsville,KY: A filtration system on the roof of an industrial plant caught on fire from a welding spark. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 30 |
Mobile,AL: A tanker truck overturned leaking about 400 gallons of ethyl chloride from its 5,000 gallon load, resulting in the closure of a major interstate highway. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 29 |
Beijing,China: At least 28 people were killed after a truck carrying 35 tons of a chemical crashed into a cargo truck causing chlorine gas to drift into villages. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 29 |
Camrose,Canada: Fire officials worked to extinguish a fire at a pipe plant after a blaze ignited in a machine that coats pipe with foam. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 29 |
Cuyahoga Heights,OH: About 6 departments worked to extinguish a fire that erupted at a motor transit company. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 29 |
Fair Hill,MD: An explosion that destroyed a filter bag manufacturing plant took firefighters an hour to control. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 29 |
Marengo, IL: Employees were treated after a chemical reaction at a pork plant resulted in the release of toxic fumes. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 29 |
Wales,UK: A fire broke out at a plastics packaging factory causing the evacuation of nearby primary schools. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 29 |
Higashiizu, Japan: A 999 ton tanker containing 700 tons of LPG went off course and ran aground after the navigator on duty fell asleep. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 29 |
Goldsmith, TX: A lack of boiler feed water sent sour gas into the pipeline system at a gas plant after it had stopped processing gas. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 29 |
Lockhart,TX: Sodium carbonate spilled after 14 cars on a freight train derailed. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 29 |
Essex,UK: Boiling water sprayed from a vent at a soft drink factory causing 1e employee to suffer serious burns. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 29 |
Hilton,Africa: A split in the tank of a truck caused aluminum sulfate to leak resulting in the closure of part of a major road. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 29 |
Jammu,India: A truck driver using a welder to repair the empty rear section of a gasoline tanker caused an explosion that killed 1 person and injured 2 others. More information |
Monday
Mar 28 |
Ball Ground, GA: An explosion occurred at a poultry plant resulting in the injury of 1 employee. More information |
Monday
Mar 28 |
Port Arthur, TX: A pinhole leak in the discharge hose of a portable tank containing sodium hydride reacted with water, and released hydrogen that ignited and exploded at a waste management plant. More information |
Monday
Mar 28 |
Okara,Pakistan: A boiler at a rice mill exploded resulting tin the deaths of two employees and the injury of eight others. More information |
Sunday
Mar 27 |
Brunswick,CA: A large container of methyl hydrogen siloxane exploded and caught fire at a drywall plant. More information |
Sunday
Mar 27 |
Danville,KY: A fire that started in a glass furnace damaged a light manufacturing plant. More information |
Sunday
Mar 27 |
East County,TX: A nonflammable mixture bubbled out of the ground after an underground pipe carrying an oil and gas mixture ruptured at an oil refinery. More information |
Saturday
Mar 26 |
Woodbridge,NJ: A truck carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline overturned and exploded on a turnpike, killing the driver. More information |
Friday
Mar 25 |
El Dorado,KS: After a maintenance shutdown, a tubing connection on a gas oil hydro heater at a refinery became disconnected spraying oil on one worker who suffered serious burns. More information |
Friday
Mar 25 |
San Antonio,TX: Residents were advised to stay indoors while emergency officials worked to clean up a chlordane spill. More information |
Friday
Mar 25 |
Port of Tema,Ghana: Thirteen crew members aboard a Greek fishing boat were killed after it caught fire and destroyed a major oil refinery pipeline. More information |
Thursday
Mar 24 |
Huntington,WV: About 50,000 pounds of sulfuric acid leaked from a hose transferring the chemical from a rail car to a manufacturing plant. More information |
Thursday
Mar 24 |
LaPorte,IA: Emergency responders worked to control a hydrogen fire that broke out at a cryogenic manufacturing plant. More information |
Thursday
Mar 24 |
Glasgow,UK: A transformer caught fire and spread to a boiler house area during tests on a new piece of machinery at a pump manufacturing company. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 23 |
Off Goa,India: An iron-ore barge collided with an anchored bulk carrier due to rough seas and caused the carrier’s oil tank to spill 110 tons of oil in the sea. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 23 |
Texas City,TX:15 people were killed and at least 100 others injured when an isomerization unit exploded at an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 22 |
Texas City,TX: A furnace valve caught fire and was quickly extinguished inside the area that boosts the octane level of gasoline at an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 22 |
Leominster,MA: Investigators were unable to pinpoint the cause of a blast that occurred during research operations at a polycarbon plant that resulted in the injury of 1 worker. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 22 |
Hessen,Germany: Tetrahydrothiopen spilled at a natural gas odorizing plant. More information |
Monday
Mar 21 |
Dearborn,MI: At least 12 people were injured when molten steel sloshed out of a container on a transport vehicle at a steel plant causing the tires on the vehicle to catch fire and explode. More information |
Monday
Mar 21 |
Melbourne,Australia: A machine containing about 15kg of magnesium malfunctioned and caught fire at a flare factory. More information |
Monday
Mar 21 |
Baltimore,MD: A fire broke out at an asphalt plant after about 23,000 gallons of hot asphalt spilled on the base of a smoke stack. More information |
Monday
Mar 21 |
Devens,MA: Gases expelled from a container of sodium hydroborate caused an explosion at a pharmaceutical research center. More information |
Monday
Mar 21 |
Portland,OR: 2 workers were injured after an ammonia leak was discovered at a brewery. More information |
Monday
Mar 21 |
Sydney Australia: A chemical spilled into an internal drain resulting in the evacuation of employees at a waste treatment plant. More information |
Sunday
Mar 20 |
Buffalo, NY: 4 railroad cars derailed resulting in a ruptured valve causing about 1,000 gallons of propylene tetramer to spill. More information |
Sunday
Mar 20 |
Presidio,Mexico: 6 freight cars derailed causing about 200 gallons of sodium hydroxide to spill. More information |
Sunday
Mar 20 |
Adelaide,Australia: A fire at a cardboard carton factory caused $1 million damage and forced firefighters to retreat due to a series of explosions. More information |
Sunday
Mar 20 |
Delaware City,DE: A fire broke out in a pump used to move finished products through pipes at a refinery. More information |
Saturday
Mar 19 |
Delaware City,DE: A broken pipe at a refinery spilled over 528 gallons of ethylene glycol. More information |
Saturday
Mar 19 |
Kanksha,India: A tanker carrying about 3,200 gallons of diesel overturned and caught fire after it collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction. More information |
Friday
Mar 18 |
Sussex, WI: Fire officials extinguished a fire that ignited inside a 30-gallon drum containing celogen and diop. More information |
Thursday
Mar 17 |
Vinton,TX: A fire broke out at a plastics factory resulting in the evacuation of nearby residents. More information |
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