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Entries for August 2008
Sunday
Aug 31 |
East St. Louis, IL: 2 hospital emergency rooms had to be decontaminated after 8 chemical plant workers exposed to nitroaniline were treated. More information |
Sunday
Aug 31 |
Laurel, MT: A power outage triggered flaring at an oil refinery. More information |
Sunday
Aug 31 |
Port Alberni, BC: Two dumpsters were found burning at a newspaper printing plant. More information |
Sunday
Aug 31 |
St. Austell, UK: A pharmaceuticals plant fire was confined to a warehouse. More information |
Sunday
Aug 31 |
West Thurrock, UK: Fire officials scheduled a meeting with representatives of a detergent factory after five fires in three months. More information |
Saturday
Aug 30 |
Abu Dhabi, UAE: 11 firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation after battling a paper mill fire for nearly 24 hours. More information |
Saturday
Aug 30 |
Alpine, TX: A railcar leaking argon prompted a local evacuation. More information |
Saturday
Aug 30 |
Brimfield, OH: Fire broke out at a rubber recycling plant, prompting an area evacuation. More information |
Saturday
Aug 30 |
Circleville, OH: A pet food plant burned to the ground. More information |
Saturday
Aug 30 |
Edmunds County, SD: Fire ignited in a corn storage bin at an ethanol plant. More information |
Saturday
Aug 30 |
Fawley, UK: A lifting boom collapsed onto the deck of an oil tanker docked at a refinery, killing 1. More information |
Saturday
Aug 30 |
Guaohan Banner, China: A fireworks factory explosion killed 13. More information |
Saturday
Aug 30 |
Keysborough, Australia: A fire at a plant making chemical additives for concrete prompted officials to issue a shelter-in-place order. More information |
Saturday
Aug 30 |
Moorabbin, Australia: Fire destroyed a medical supplies factory. More information |
Saturday
Aug 30 |
Philadelphia, PA: A small oven fire filled an industrial bakery with smoke. More information |
Friday
Aug 29 |
Bartonville, IL: A semi tanker carrying sodium hydroxide overturned, delaying traffic. More information |
Friday
Aug 29 |
Franklin, MA: A forklift accident at a food processing plant injured a worker. More information |
Friday
Aug 29 |
Gulf Coast, USA: Refineries began taking emergency measures as Hurricane Gustav closed in. More information |
Friday
Aug 29 |
Juchen, Germany: Fire broke out at a chemical plant in a container of lacquer sludge. More information |
Friday
Aug 29 |
Kirklareli, Turkey: 2 workers died and 16 were injured in a gunpowder factory explosion. More information |
Friday
Aug 29 |
Medford, OK: A locomotive crashed into a propane tanker, triggering an explosion that killed 2. More information |
Friday
Aug 29 |
Stuarts Draft, VA: A tetrahydrofuran spill at a health car products plant sent several works to the hospital. More information |
Friday
Aug 29 |
Tinsukia, India: 2 aluminum factory workers were killed and 6 injured in an explosion. More information |
Thursday
Aug 28 |
Bhosari, India: 10 workers died in a series of explosions that ignited a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Aug 28 |
Burlington, ON: A fire in a cardboard corrugating machine was quickly extinguished by packaging plant workers. More information |
Thursday
Aug 28 |
Caldwell County, TX: A 36-inch natural gas pipeline exploded. More information |
Thursday
Aug 28 |
Cedar Rapid, IA: A corn oil tank being disassembled at a cereal plant caught fire. More information |
Thursday
Aug 28 |
Estarroja, Portugal: 2 pharmaceutical plant workers were injured in an explosion. More information |
Thursday
Aug 28 |
Evanston, WY: An explosion ripped through a fireworks factory. More information |
Thursday
Aug 28 |
Fall River, MA: A truck driver was severely burned when a ruptured hose sprayed him with nitric acid. More information |
Thursday
Aug 28 |
Fredericksburg, IA: Fire broke out in a dryer at a particle processing plant. More information |
Thursday
Aug 28 |
Haldirams, India: Fire broke out in a plastic bangle factory, injuring 2 people. More information |
Thursday
Aug 28 |
Institute, WV: An explosion at an agricultural chemical plant producing methornyl killed a worker. More information |
Thursday
Aug 28 |
Milford, CT: A polymers plant worker pinned beneath a 1,000-pound freight elevator was severely injured. More information |
Thursday
Aug 28 |
Peterborough, UK: Fire ignited in an air extraction unit for a factory paint booth. More information |
Thursday
Aug 28 |
Sarnia, Ontario: Ammonia leaked for 20 minutes at a chemical plant making fertilizer components. More information |
Thursday
Aug 28 |
Ylivieska, Finland: More than 700 gallons of sulfuric acid spilled while filling a tanker at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 27 |
Bath, ME: Fire broke out on the roof of a painting building at an iron works. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 27 |
Bhosari, India: 10 workers died in a fire and multiple explosions at a plastics products plant. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 27 |
Briston, OK: An oil rig worker jumped to his death went an explosion rocked the area followed by fire. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 27 |
Delmar, MD: A recycling plant worker lost his left leg in a rubber shredder. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 27 |
Lee Twp., MI: Fire destroyed a food processing plant warehouse, killing 1. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 27 |
Leggiuno, Italy: An explosion at a chemical plant injured 1. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 27 |
Leverkusen, Germany: 6 chemical plant workers were injured in a release of nitrogen and chlorine. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 27 |
Lockport, IL: Fire broke out at a chemical plant specializing in aluminum powder, paste and flake pigment. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 27 |
Lubbock, TX: Ammonia leaked at an ice plant. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 27 |
Plainsboro, NJ: 2 workers at a fragrance manufacturer were splashed with acetaldehyde. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 27 |
Ulen, MN: Firefighters responded to a grain elevator fire. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 27 |
Waco, TX: A worker at a granite cutting company became trapped in a cutting machine. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 27 |
York, PA: Work resumed at a wire plant after a fire in a powder coating system. More information |
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