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Entries for July 2009
Friday
Jul 31 |
Corner Brook, NL: A worker at a steel fabrication plant was injured. More information |
Friday
Jul 31 |
Hucknall, UK: A fire started in an acid store at a factory which makeds engine parts. More information |
Friday
Jul 31 |
Kampung Tok Muck, Malaysia: A conveyor belt fire at a coal-fired power plant may take three months to repair. More information |
Friday
Jul 31 |
Annaba, Algeria: An ammonia leak at a fertilizer plant threatened a port facility. More information |
Friday
Jul 31 |
Garfield Heights, OH: A worker at a metal alloys plant died from second and third degree burns. More information |
Friday
Jul 31 |
Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico: Fire broke out at a state-owned refinery. More information |
Friday
Jul 31 |
Taman P. Ramlee, Kuala Lampur: A paper recycling plant was destroyed by fire. More information |
Friday
Jul 31 |
Waverly, OH: A motor on an electric blender sparked a fire at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 30 |
Mina Abdulla, Kuwait: A storage tank fire shut down one of the countrys largest refineries. More information |
Thursday
Jul 30 |
Minatitlain, Mexico: A fire broke out at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Jul 30 |
Saskatoon, SK: Fire broke out at a sandblasting and painting plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 30 |
Bell, CA: Four workers at a trucking plant were exposed to zinc chromate. More information |
Thursday
Jul 30 |
Brockmoor, UK: Delays in gaining access to a burning industrial facility allowed the fire to take hold. More information |
Thursday
Jul 30 |
Bryan, TX: A fire at a chemical plant that processes ammonium nitrate resulted in an evacuation order for the entire community of 70,000. More information |
Thursday
Jul 30 |
Coosa, GA: A truck driver at a building materials plant was sprayed with caustic material. More information |
Thursday
Jul 30 |
Delaware City, DE: A fire resulted in a shut down at a hydrogen plant at a refinery. More information |
Thursday
Jul 30 |
Kaninchenborn, Germany: A fire broke out at a plant making specialty chemicals and alloys. More information |
Thursday
Jul 30 |
Fulton, MS: One worker died and three were injured in an explosion at a copper tubing plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 30 |
Grande Prairie, AL: A fire in the ventilation system at a feed plant spread to the roof. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 29 |
Bakersfield, CA: Three workers were exposed to hydrochloric acid vented at a liquid natural gas plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 29 |
Elkhart, IN: A motor home burned at a plant specializing in paper packaging products. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 29 |
Fort Road, UK: Fire broke out in a turbine at a power plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 29 |
Rumford, RI: Fire broke out at a plant making pellets for pellet stoves. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 29 |
Temple, TX: Firefighters found both entrances to a burning industrial park blocked by trains. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 28 |
Athens, Greece: Flames spread through an inventory of used tires at a recycling plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 28 |
Eastlake, OH: A worker who fell into a vat was transported to a hospital by helicopter. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 28 |
Ellough, UK: A fork lift punctured a gas cylinder, igniting a packaging factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 28 |
Fayetteville, NC: A tire plant worker was pinned beneath heavy equipment used to move product. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 28 |
Hermiston, WA: A brush fire spread along the edge of a chemical weapons depot. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 28 |
Knoxville, TN: A pump house fire broke out at a paint factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 28 |
McArthur, OH: 8 workers were injured in a blast at an explosives plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 28 |
Mayfield, UK: Sprinklers helped save the structure during a textile factory fire. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 28 |
Millsburo, NC: Spilled ash created a hazard at a power plant that injured one worker and shut down two units. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 28 |
Rector, MO: Fire fire departments responded when fire broke out at a pallet factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 28 |
Washington, PA: A vapor cloud escaped a chemical plant when a malfunctioning crane could not lift steel out of an acid bath quickly enough. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 28 |
Wichita, KS: A worker at a plant specializing in indoor environmental systems died when he fell from the bucket of a crane. More information |
Monday
Jul 27 |
Appelhulsen, Germany: A worker was exposed to concentrated propioric acid. More information |
Monday
Jul 27 |
Chillicothe, OK: A small fire broke out at a nuclear power plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 27 |
Matrai, Hungary: A converyor belt fire damaged two units of a power plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 27 |
Mayfair, UK: A sprinkler system reduced the damage from a fire at a nylon factory. More information |
Monday
Jul 27 |
Ogden, UT: A drum of petroleum ether exploded at a dog food plant, injuring three. More information |
Monday
Jul 27 |
East Syracuse, NY: Roofing work was underway when fire broke out at an air conditioning plant. More information |
Sunday
Jul 26 |
Leroy Twp., PA: A worker was injured at a gas well site. More information |
Sunday
Jul 26 |
Durban, S. Africa: A small fire broke out in a catalytic cracker at an oil refinery. More information |
Sunday
Jul 26 |
East Chicago, IN: A steel plant worker died from blunt force trauma in an industrial accident. More information |
Sunday
Jul 26 |
El Paso, TX: A large fire broke out at a recycling plant. More information |
Sunday
Jul 26 |
Hong Kong, China: A laundry factory worker died when her long hair got caught in a press. More information |
Sunday
Jul 26 |
Launceston, Australia: A fuel hopper filled with sawdust caught fire at a lumber mill. More information |
Sunday
Jul 26 |
Melbourne, Australia: Firefighters rescued a worker trapped by fire in a paper cup factory warehouse. More information |
Sunday
Jul 26 |
Newark, NJ: A four-alarm fire tore through a chemical company. More information |
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