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Entries for September 2010
Thursday
Sep 30 |
Coffeyville, KS: Employees were evacuated from a nitrogen fertilizer plant after an explosion at its urea amonium nitrate production facility.
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Thursday
Sep 30 |
Burnside, KY: One of four workers injured in a flash fire at a charcoal plant has died. More information |
Thursday
Sep 30 |
Anglesey, UK: An electrical fire broke out at a nuclear power plant. More information |
Thursday
Sep 30 |
Covington, OH: A fire involving heat sensitive trichloromelamine broke out at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Sep 30 |
Cedar Hill, MO: Three people were injured in an explosion at a plant making insulation material. More information |
Thursday
Sep 30 |
Corpus Christi, TX: Sulfur leaked into a harbor as it was being pumped from a refinery to a docked barge. More information |
Thursday
Sep 30 |
Texas City, TX: Crude oil spilling from a line ruptured by a construction crew was quickly contained. More information |
Thursday
Sep 30 |
Hurth, Germany: Two workers were injured when monochloroacetic acid leaked at an industrial park. More information |
Thursday
Sep 30 |
Carbon, Venezuela: A fire broke out in a cat cracking unit at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Sep 30 |
Norco, LA: A leak in a transfer line released about 1,000 pound of sulfuric acid from an oil refinery into the Mississippi River. More information |
Thursday
Sep 30 |
Kalyan, India: About 50 tons of sulfur sludge ignited at a plant specializing in man-made fibers. More information |
Thursday
Sep 30 |
Evansville, WY: A power outage caused a release of black smoke from an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Sep 30 |
Oxnard, CA: A lemon packing plant was damaged by fire. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 29 |
Melbourne, Australia: An explosion at a factory converting vehicles to run on LPG seriously burned one person. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 29 |
Bagerhat, Bangladesh: One person died and three others fell ill from ammonia released by an explosion at an ice plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 29 |
Reforma, Mexico: A natural gas pipeline burst but did not ignite. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 29 |
Trier-Euren, Germany: Five workers at a waste disposal company were treated after exposure to chlorine gas. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 29 |
Clayton, Australia: An explosion followed by fire damaged a gas conversion factory. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 29 |
Montreal, QB: An oil spill from a refinery at the Port of Montreal leaked into the St. Lawrence River. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 29 |
Turtle Creek, PA: A ventilation truck helped clear smoke from a fire at a steel galvanization plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 29 |
New Stanton, PA: An ammonia leak has been contained and cleaned up at a refrigerated food warehouse. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 28 |
Vista, CA: A two-alarm fire at a tire recycling plant left a gooey mess and kept firefighters busy through the night. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 28 |
Shelby Twp., MI: A chemical cloud released from a metal coating company did not pose any threat to nearby residents. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 28 |
Lake Elsinore, CA: Fire broke out in a wood recycling plant. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 28 |
Syracuse, NY: Arson charges were filed in a fire that destroyed a vacant casket manufacturing factory. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 28 |
Salindres, France: A tanker railcar carrying hydrofluoric acid derailed near a chemical complex. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 28 |
Lanzhou City, China: A fire broke out at a plant making graphite electrodes and carbon products. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 28 |
Montreal, QB: Nearly 35 barrels of diesel spilled into the St. Lawrence River at an oil refinery port facility. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 28 |
Raipur City, India: At least 16 workers were severely injured after a fire broke out a steel plant. More information |
Monday
Sep 27 |
Aviles, Spain: An explosion in an oven heating benzole rocked a coking plant. More information |
Monday
Sep 27 |
Elmira, ON: An agent used in the manufacturing rubber that can cause respiratory irritation was released from a plant. More information |
Monday
Sep 27 |
North Haven, CT: An explosion in a laboratory serving the chemical industry injured one person. More information |
Sunday
Sep 26 |
Sanford, ME: A small chemical spill has been cleaned up at a plastic sheet manufacturing plant. More information |
Sunday
Sep 26 |
Sanford, ME: A worker at a plastic sheet manufacturing plant was accidently sprayed with methyl methacrylante monomer. More information |
Sunday
Sep 26 |
Mouscron, Belgium: An explosion rocked a plant specializing in creams and ointments. More information |
Sunday
Sep 26 |
Sanford, ME: A plastics plant worker was sprayed with methyl methacrylate monomer being unloaded from a tanker truck. More information |
Sunday
Sep 26 |
Mouscron, Belgium: A steam explosion rocked a chemical plant specializing in lanoline. More information |
Sunday
Sep 26 |
Chennai, India: Seven people sought treatment after a chlorine leak at a chemical plant. More information |
Sunday
Sep 26 |
Shivchandi, India: At least four workers died in an explosion at a fireworks factory. More information |
Saturday
Sep 25 |
Audenshaw, UK: A machine fire at a tire plant spread to the roof of the building. More information |
Saturday
Sep 25 |
Tema Port, Ghana: Three people died in a fire that destroyed a terminal for imported ethanol. More information |
Saturday
Sep 25 |
Philadelphia, PA: A problem with a diesel hydrotreater at an oil refinery resulted in a mist of diesel fuel covering parked vehicles in the area. More information |
Saturday
Sep 25 |
Urumqi, China: A fire broke out at a plastic factory, forcing the shutdown of a nearby airport. More information |
Friday
Sep 24 |
Broussard, LA: An explosion during pressure testing on oil field equipment killed one person. More information |
Friday
Sep 24 |
Paw Paw, MI: An ammonia leak at a winery sent a dozen people to the hospital. More information |
Friday
Sep 24 |
Ufa, Russia: An oil reservoir at a refinery caught fire while undergoing maintenance. More information |
Friday
Sep 24 |
Pratteln, Switzerland: About 3,000 liters of chloroacetyl chloride spilled at a chemical plant creating acid fumes. More information |
Friday
Sep 24 |
Astoria, NY: Fire broke out in a local factory. More information |
Friday
Sep 24 |
Bogalusa, LA: A worker at a box factory was transported to the hospital after being caught in a machine. More information |
Thursday
Sep 23 |
Crete, NE: A gunman shot three fellow workers at a cold storage facility before killing himself. More information |
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