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Fatality
Thursday
Jan 26 |
Mboro, Senegal: A worker died from acid burns in a lab accident at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 23 |
Odisha, India: 3 residents of a nearby slum died when a storage tank filled with molasses burst at a sugar refinery. More information |
Sunday
Jan 22 |
Surat, India: 3 workers died of asphyxiation after a chemical spill at a plant making gold ornaments. More information |
Saturday
Jan 21 |
Mangalore, India: 1 worker died and 5 were injured in an explosion at an oil refinery. More information |
Saturday
Jan 21 |
Burns Lake, BC: 2 workers were found dead in the wreckage of a lumber mill days after an explosion and fire. More information |
Saturday
Jan 21 |
New Karachi, Pakistan: A worker died from burns after a garment factory fire. More information |
Saturday
Jan 21 |
Bilal Colony, Pakistan: A worker died in a fire that destroyed a clothing factory. More information |
Friday
Jan 20 |
Durban, S. Africa: 2 people died in an explosion at a chemical technologies factory. More information |
Friday
Jan 20 |
O'Farrell, GA: A worker fell 50 feet to his death from an oil derrick. More information |
Friday
Jan 20 |
Rasht, Iran: An explosion and fire at a natural gas compressor station left a guard dead. More information |
Thursday
Jan 19 |
Long Beach, CA: A longshoreman was crushed beneath a 40-foot, 8-ton storage container. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 18 |
Codegua, Chile: A worker died and 122 were treated after ammonia leaked from a refrigeration unit at an industrial facility. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 18 |
Rugby, UK: A worker died in an industrial accident at a cement plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 17 |
Sinazongwe, Zambia: A worker died and 2 were injured in a mine accident. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 17 |
Kadodara, India: 2 workers died in a fire at a textile dyeing and printing mill. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 17 |
Bandar Abbas, Iran: 1 of 2 workers injured by fire while trying to repair a gas leak at an oil refinery later died. More information |
Monday
Jan 16 |
Bayelsa, Nigeria: 2 crew members are believed dead after an offshore oil rig caught fire in the Niger Delta. More information |
Monday
Jan 16 |
Harbin, China: 1 person died and almost 30 others injured when carbon monoxide leaked at a steel plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 16 |
Avondale, PA: A mushroom processing plant worker died after being crushed by a 700-pound bale of hay. More information |
Sunday
Jan 15 |
Port of Durres, Albania: 3 people died when a tanker exploded and sank in the Adriatic Sea shortly after unloading 3,500 tons of fuel. More information |
Sunday
Jan 15 |
Abu Zaabal, Egypt: The interaction of mineral components with wastewater killed 4 people and sickened 10. More information |
Sunday
Jan 15 |
Incheon, S. Korea: An explosion on a oil tanker killed 5 people with 6 more missing. More information |
Saturday
Jan 14 |
Bangkok, Thailand: A fire broke out at a cloth-screening factory, killing a 12-year-old boy and injuring 3 workers. More information |
Thursday
Jan 12 |
Muscat, Oman: A truck driver suffered fatal burns when his tanker truck exploded. More information |
Thursday
Jan 12 |
Doli, Pakistan: 4 workers died and six were injured in a coal mine explosion. More information |
Thursday
Jan 12 |
Whitecourt, AB: A worker died after being overcome by hydrogren sulfide gas at a wellsite. More information |
Thursday
Jan 12 |
Lixin, China: An tanker truck carrying 24 tons of LPG began leaking after a collision that killed the driver of a car. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 11 |
Charkovo, Bulgaria: A person died and another was injured in an explosion at an ammunition factory. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 11 |
Rushan, China: 3 people were killed and 2 trapped after entering a gold mine. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 11 |
Banffshire, UK: A distillery worker took his own life by drowning himself in a vat of water and yeast at a whiskey plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 10 |
St. Louis, MO: A worker died after being crushed inside a clam shell die casting machine. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 10 |
Minster, OH: An accident involving an overhead crane at a foundry left a worker dead. More information |
Monday
Jan 09 |
Puerto Piray, Argentina: 1 of 9 workers injured in a boiler explosion at a power plant later died. More information |
Sunday
Jan 08 |
Jaipur, India: 3 workers died one by one after they climbed into a refinery oil tank. More information |
Saturday
Jan 07 |
Aqaba, Jordan: 1 of five workers overcome by carbon dioxide while repairing an ammonium fluoride storage tank died. More information |
Saturday
Jan 07 |
Shenzhou, China: 6 people died and 2 were injured in an explosion at a geothermal plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 05 |
Shanghai, China: A worker died and 3 others hurt when an explosion involving peroxyacetic acid ripped through a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 05 |
Baridala, India: 2 workers died and 3 were hurt in an accident involving explosives at a mine site. More information |
Thursday
Jan 05 |
Giakanja, Kenya: 2 people died and six were hurt in a fire at an LPG depot. More information |
Thursday
Jan 05 |
Augusta, GA: An employee opened fire outside a food processing plant, fatally shooting 1 person before killing himself. More information |
Thursday
Jan 05 |
Monterrey, Mexico: 6 people were killed and more than 35 were injured when a fire tore through the office of a furniture factory.
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Wednesday
Jan 04 |
Jiaxing City, China: 3 people died and 4 injured in an reactor vessel explosion at a chemical plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 03 |
Shibalianshan, China: 9 miners died and 2 were hospitalized in a coal mine accident. More information |
Monday
Jan 02 |
Yahsihan, Turkey: An explosion killed four workers at a munitions depot. More information |
Monday
Jan 02 |
Concepcion, Chile: A forest fire spread to a paper mill, killing 1 person. More information |
Thursday
Dec 22 |
Dosquebradas, Colombia: A gasoline pipeline explosion killed 11 people. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 20 |
Gainesville, GA: A worker died in a chemical solution explosion at a company specializing in treating contaminated water. More information |
Sunday
Dec 18 |
Patancheru, India: 2 workers died in a fire that gutted a pharmaceuticals plant. More information |
Sunday
Dec 18 |
Sea of Okhotsk, Russia: Nearly 50 people died when an offshore oil drilling rig sank. More information |
Friday
Dec 16 |
Murmanks, Russia: At least 2 persons were killed in an explosion at a plant for the enrichment of phosphate minerals. More information |
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