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Entries for June 2002
Wednesday
Jun 26 |
Marlborough, MA: Asmall brush fire threatening new construction at an electronics plant was quicklyextinguished. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 25 |
Groton, CN: Anexplosion in a drum of chemicals at a pharmaceutical plant injured five workers, twocritically. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 25 |
Rayong, Thailand:An explosion at an industrial gas factory left one worker dead and another seriouslyinjured. Workers were pumping oxygen into a metal tank when the blast occurred. More information |
Monday
Jun 24 |
Ellisville, MO: A plantspecializing in chemical storage tanks was extensively damaged by fire and ensuingexplosions. A cutting torch was in use at the time the fire broke out. More information |
Monday
Jun 24 |
Reno, PA: Threeemployees were seriously burned when explosions and fire engulfed a propane supply plant. More information |
Saturday
Jun 22 |
Douglas, WY: A propanetruck exploded as a gas plant. Subsequent flames led to two further blasts, but noinjuries were reported. More information |
Thursday
Jun 20 |
Kingsville, Ontario: Astubborn fire at a plastics plant resulted in the evacuation of 2,000 residents nearby.Firefighters struggled with the blaze nearly 24 hours. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 19 |
Fremont, CA: Atractor-trailer rig containing 3,000 pounds of nitric acid overtuned, shutting down afreeway for 14 hours. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 19 |
Forrest City, AR: Ahospital and community college were evacuated after a tractor-trailer carrying chemicalsbegan smoking and caught fire. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 19 |
Hamilton, New Zealand:A fire at a refrigeration plant resulted in a giant ammonia cloud release. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 19 |
Hurlock, MD: An ammonialeak at a food processing plant forced the evacuation of hundreds of employees. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 19 |
Kuttawa, KY: Firecaused minimal damage to the paint shop at a plastics plant. Plant operations weresuspended for several hours. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 19 |
Zelezny Brod, CzechRepublic: One worker was killed and another injured in an explosion at a glassfactory. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 18 |
Botwood, Newfoundland:One worker was injured when an explosion partially blew the roof off a one million gallongasoline storage tank. Workers were cleaning the interior at the time of the blast. More information |
Monday
Jun 17 |
Rimbey, Alberta: A souroilwell blowout forced the evacuation of four homes. More information |
Monday
Jun 17 |
Wanaque, N.J.: A workerat an aluminum powder plant suffered burns to his face and hands in a flash fire. Homesfor a surrounding eight blocks were evacuated. More information |
Sunday
Jun 16 |
Rocklin, CA: Twoemployees at a particleboard plant were injured in an explosion and fire. The workers weretrapped in the fiber press pit, a sublevel beneath the fiberboard press. More information |
Sunday
Jun 16 |
Tegucigalpa, Honduras:A chlorine leak at a label factory resulted in hospitalization for two adults and threeminors. More information |
Saturday
Jun 15 |
Evansville, IN: A firein a large metal vessel being replaced at a plastic plant injured a contractor. A rubberlining in the vessel ignited. More information |
Friday
Jun 14 |
Long Beach, CA:Lawmen shot and killed a former plastics plant worker who attacked current employees withflaming chemicals and a knife. More information |
Friday
Jun 14 |
McDonald, PA: About 100people were evacuated from their homes after a hydrochloric acid spill at a chemical plantcreated a massive vapor cloud. The spill occurred when a 10,000 gallon tank collapsedwhile being filled. More information |
Friday
Jun 14 |
Thief River Falls, MN:An explosion in the mechanical shop at a food processing plant injured two workers. More information |
Thursday
Jun 13 |
Atchison, KS: Eightpeople suffered minor injuries in a casting plant fire. The fire stemmed from an explosionin a 20-ton furnace. More information |
Thursday
Jun 13 |
Egan, MN: A smallanhydrous ammonia leak forced the evacuation of a bottling plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 13 |
Montreal, Quebec:Nearly 60 workers at a clothing manufacturer were treated after being overcome by sulfuricoxide vapors related to newly installed steam pipes. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 12 |
Biloxi, MS: A foodprocessing plant was evacuated when 1,000 gallons of gasoline overflowed from a storagetank. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 12 |
Bridgman, MI: Oneworker was injured by flying debris when a transformer exploded at a nuclear power plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 12 |
Marksville, LA: A firethat destroyed a plastics recycling plant continued to smolder one week later. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 12 |
Nobeoka, Japan: Adetonation at an explosives plant damaged production lines but caused no injuries. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 12 |
Ponca City, IL: A fireat an oil refinery was quickly extinguished by the plant brigade. A severe thunderstormwas under way at the time of the fire. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 11 |
Geneva, IL: Productionat a plant specializing in piston pins resumed within two hours of a fire in a furnaceunder repair. Welding work was under way when the fire broke out. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 11 |
Reese, MI: A storagebuilding containing manganese used as a nutrient in fertilizer burned to the groundwithout intervention by firefighters. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 11 |
Watertown, N.Y.:One man died in an explosion in the dryer room at a specialty paper plant. The blast blewout part of a wall. More information |
Monday
Jun 10 |
Amarillo, TX: Plantfirefighters dealt with a small fire involving molten glass in the fiberglass productionarea of a glass plant. More information |
Monday
Jun 10 |
Kurume, Japan: Aworker who fell into an underground sludge tank at a dye factory and three colleagues whotried to rescue him were overcome by hydrogen sulfide gas and died. More information |
Monday
Jun 10 |
New York, N.Y.:An industrial food-processing machine that was cutting cabbage for cole slaw spun out ofcontrol, crushing one man to death, severing another mans arm and injuring two others. More information |
Sunday
Jun 09 |
Oita, Japan: Anexplosion at an oil refinery injured one worker. The refinery was in the process ofstarting up after a one-month turnaround. More information |
Saturday
Jun 08 |
Bow, WA: Fire destroyeda cedar mill, a large building that was itself built from cedar. More information |
Saturday
Jun 08 |
Port Kembla, Australia:Nearly 100 tons of molten metal overflowed from smelting plant furnace, causing severalintense explosions as it made contact with water. More information |
Saturday
Jun 08 |
Providence, R.I.:An employee opened fire at a newspaper production plant, killing one worker and woundinganother. More information |
Friday
Jun 07 |
Dexter, KS: One man wastreated after an explosion involving two storage tanks, one containing 1,000 barrels ofoil. More information |
Friday
Jun 07 |
Peoria, IL: A factoryworker caught his hand in a paper threading machine while trying to clear a jam. More information |
Friday
Jun 07 |
Roanoke, VA: Anexplosion in the nitroglycerin pre-mix production area of a chemical plant resulted in alenghty shut down for investigation. More than 30 employees were furloughed. More information |
Friday
Jun 07 |
Wilton, UK: A giantcloud of nitric oxide escaped from a plant specializing in man-made fibers. Area residentswere warned to stay inside. More information |
Thursday
Jun 06 |
Fort McMurray, Alberta:Three maintenance contractors were injured in an explosion at an oilsands plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 06 |
Hampfield, PA: Flamesspread through a dust collection system at a plant producing tungsten carbide preforms.Three workers suffered minor injuries. More information |
Thursday
Jun 06 |
Howell, N.J.: Firedestroyed a building at a tar and asphalt plant. A vat overflowed 750-gallons of heatedmaterial. More information |
Thursday
Jun 06 |
Kawagoe, Japan: Fiveemployees suffered minor injuries after an explosion in an oil refinery laboratory. More information |
Thursday
Jun 06 |
Kennewick, WA: Smoke andflames spread through a massive grain silo. Welding was being done at the time of thefire. More information |
Thursday
Jun 06 |
Meraux, LA: Aworker was killed in a flash fire that erupted during the restart of a fluid catalyticcracking unit at an oil refinery. More information |
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