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Entries for April 2009
Thursday
Apr 30 |
Oak Ridge, TN: 2 workers at a nuclear weapons plant were exposed to hydrochloric acid fumes. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 29 |
Benson, MN: An explosion and fire rocked an ethanol plant. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 29 |
Martinez, CA: An oil refinery worker drowned inside a water tank. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 29 |
Middletown, OH: 3 fires broke out within 36 hours at a paper plant. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 29 |
South Holland, IL: 9 workers at a shipping facility were overcome by fumes when a drum was punctured. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 28 |
Commercial Twp., NJ: An equipment fire broke out at a sand plant. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 28 |
Gennevilliers, France: An explosion at a power station killed a worker. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 28 |
Hechi City, China: A worker was killed and six others injured in an explosion at a metal refining smelter. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 28 |
Huangzhong County, China: 23 workers became sick after a chlorine gas leak at a manufacturing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 28 |
Houma, LA: A chlorine leak at a food processing plant forced closure of a major highway. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 28 |
Merlin, OR: A vehicle that fell off a rack at a metal recycling center ignited gas fumes. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 28 |
Newark, NJ: Acetylene ignited at an industrial gas facility. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 28 |
North Kitsap, WA: Fire spread through the ventilation system at a metal treatment plant. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 28 |
Rotterdam, Netherlands: A fire broke out in a desulfurization unit at an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 28 |
Sao Miguel Island, Portugal: An explosion in a grain silo rocked a soap factory. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 28 |
Toulon, IL: A ruptured gas line exploded, leveling a portion of a cold storage plant. More information |
Monday
Apr 27 |
Delaware City, DE: A tanker truck spilled sulfuric acid on a major roadway. More information |
Monday
Apr 27 |
Kingsbury, TX: A lightning strike ignited a fire in an oil field. More information |
Monday
Apr 27 |
Plant City, FL: 3 maintenance workers were injured when scaffolding inside a phosphate tank collapsed. More information |
Monday
Apr 27 |
Woodbridge, NJ: Fire spread through the dust collection system at an organic recycling facility. More information |
Monday
Apr 27 |
Young, Australia: A chemical fire forced the evacuation of an animal feed plant. More information |
Sunday
Apr 26 |
Leverkusen, Germany: A release of hydrochloric acid fumes was reported at a silicon production plant. More information |
Sunday
Apr 26 |
Sarasota County, FL: A small fire that broke out at a fertilizer plant was quickly extinguished by sprinklers. More information |
Sunday
Apr 26 |
Taubate, Brazil: 2 workers were injured when a pipe exploded at a chemical plant. More information |
Saturday
Apr 25 |
Cooper Basin, Australia: A geothermal energy well blew out, releasing hot water and steam. More information |
Friday
Apr 24 |
Barstow, FL: An explosion and fire broke out at an ethanol plant. More information |
Friday
Apr 24 |
Evansville, IN: An anhydrous ammonia leak at a farm co-op is being blamed on an attempted theft. More information |
Friday
Apr 24 |
Lakeland, FL: Fire ignited in a polymer storage closet at a micro battery plant. More information |
Friday
Apr 24 |
Ropar, India: A heavy furnace oil pipeline burst at a thermal electric plant. More information |
Friday
Apr 24 |
Wood County, OH: A propane pipeline ruptured at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Apr 23 |
Arepo, Nigeria: A major pipeline fire was reported. More information |
Thursday
Apr 23 |
Beaumont, TX: A vacuum gas oil leak at a refinery forced officials to clear traffic nearby. More information |
Thursday
Apr 23 |
Dinuba, CA: An ammonia leak found food processing plant workers to evacuate. More information |
Thursday
Apr 23 |
Garyville, LA: A contract worker at an oil refinery fell to his death. More information |
Thursday
Apr 23 |
Paramount, CA: Only 1 worker was injured in an oil refinery explosion that rocked the area. More information |
Thursday
Apr 23 |
Pasay City, Philippines: 18 tons of molasses spilled onto a roadway when a truck overturned. More information |
Thursday
Apr 23 |
Portsmouth, RI: 8 firefighters exposed to hydrogen cyanide gas during a shipyard fire were closely evaluated. More information |
Thursday
Apr 23 |
Rockledge, FL: Flames erupted in a dust collection system at a tire mulching plant. More information |
Thursday
Apr 23 |
Russellville, AL: An above ground storage tank at a fuel transfer station was damaged by fire. More information |
Thursday
Apr 23 |
Shenyang, China: 4 chemical plant workers died in a steam leak. More information |
Thursday
Apr 23 |
Springfield, OR: A small fire broke out at a particleboard mill in a system that moves sawdust. More information |
Thursday
Apr 23 |
Venlo, Netherlands: A ruptured pipe at a pharmaceuticals plant dumped chloroacetaldehyde. More information |
Monday
Apr 20 |
Baiji, Iraq: An oil refinery caught fire. More information |
Monday
Apr 20 |
Koparganj, India: Fire spread through a chemical factory and warehouse. More information |
Monday
Apr 20 |
La Loma, Mexico: 2 workers were injured in an explosion at a plant. More information |
Monday
Apr 20 |
Revere, MA: A tanker truck dumped nearly 10,000 gallons of heating oil in an accident. More information |
Saturday
Apr 18 |
Al-Assam, Morocco: An explosion at a diary plant killed 3 workers. More information |
Saturday
Apr 18 |
Augusta, GA: Haz mat responders dealt with a chemical leak at a paper plant. More information |
Saturday
Apr 18 |
Dera Bassi, India: Fire spread through a chemical plant. More information |
Saturday
Apr 18 |
Rimouski, Quebec: A massive anhydrous ammonia leak forced an area evacuation. More information |
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