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Fatality
Wednesday
Nov 23 |
Nava, Mexico: 4 workers conducting maintenance died in an explosion at a power plant. More information |
Sunday
Nov 20 |
Xintai, China: An explosion in the melamine production unit of a chemical plant killed 14 people. More information |
Saturday
Nov 19 |
Xintai, China: 14 workers died and 5 were injured in a chemical plant explosion. More information |
Friday
Nov 18 |
Zarafa, Sudan: An explosion involving a gasoline tanker killed 10 and injured nearly 100. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 15 |
Pithampur, India: 2 soya oil factory workers died and 6 injured trying to rescue a worker who fell into an acid tank. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 15 |
Los Angeles, CA: Two workers doing maintenance inside a storage tank at a paint factory were overcome by fumes with one later dying. More information |
Monday
Nov 14 |
Jiujiang, China: 4 cement plant workers died and 5 were injured by toxic fumes. More information |
Sunday
Nov 13 |
New Delhi, India: 4 people were burnt to death and 2 critically injured when a warehouse caught fire. More information |
Sunday
Nov 13 |
Hathras, India: 5 workers repairing equipment at a cold storage plant died from leaking ammonia fumes. More information |
Sunday
Nov 13 |
Sydney, Australia: A man found dead at a brewery was believed to have ingested cyanide. More information |
Saturday
Nov 12 |
Shizong, China: At least 28 miners died in a coal mine explosion. More information |
Saturday
Nov 12 |
Kadi, India: 5 workers died and 3 were injured in a fire in the bottling process chamber of a pharmaceutical plant. More information |
Friday
Nov 04 |
Qianqiu, China: 4 miners died and 50 were trapped in a coal mine accident. More information |
Saturday
Oct 29 |
Atchison, KS: An explosion blew the roof off a grain elevator, killing 6. More information |
Friday
Oct 28 |
Louisville, KY: A worker at a uniform cleaning company died after he was pulled into an industrial dryer. More information |
Friday
Oct 28 |
Bushehr, Iran: An explosion at a state-run oil field killed a worker and injured 3 others. More information |
Friday
Oct 28 |
Centertown, KY: 2 miners died when a mine wall collapsed on their truck. More information |
Thursday
Oct 27 |
Parwan Province, Afghanistan: A fuel tanker with a bomb hidden on board exploded on the road to Bagram Air Base, setting off an inferno that killed at least 10 people and left dozens more badly burned. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 26 |
Topeaka, KS: A spill of asphalt oil was contained after a tanker truck crash that killed the driver. More information |
Saturday
Oct 22 |
Gersthofen, Germany: An explosion at a fireworks factory killed a worker. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 18 |
Bala, India: Spilled paint ignited inside a storage tank undergoing maintenance, killing 1 refinery worker and injuring 4. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 18 |
Khimsepur, India: Six people died in an explosion at an illegal fireworks factory. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 18 |
Xochitlan de Vicente Suarez, Mexico: Two people, including a minor, were killed and nine others wounded by an explosion at an illegal fireworks factory. More information |
Monday
Oct 17 |
Dashu, China: A coal mine gas explosion killed 13 people. More information |
Sunday
Oct 16 |
Kautala, India: An explosion at a fireworks factory killed 2 people and injured 4. More information |
Sunday
Oct 16 |
Changshan, China: An explosion at an electronics factory killed 3 people and injured 3. More information |
Thursday
Oct 13 |
Lamont, CA: 2 brothers cleaning out a drainage tunnel at a composting facility died from exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 12 |
Arvin, CA: One person died in a tunnel filled with hydrogen sulfide gas beneath a community center compost heap. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 11 |
Aktau, Kazakstan: 8 workers died in an explosion and fire at an oil storage facility. More information |
Monday
Oct 10 |
Richardson, TX: An explosion in a water purifier at a computer chip fabrication plant killed a worker. More information |
Thursday
Oct 06 |
Rau, India: A fire that gutted a fireworks factory and four nearby homes killed 7 workers and injured 5. More information |
Thursday
Oct 06 |
Wuda District, China: 1 person died and 6 were injured in an explosion and fire at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 05 |
Nanjing, China: 12 workers were killed at a steel plant when molten iron spilled from a furnace. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 04 |
Lihua, China: A gas explosion in a coal mine killed 16 miners. More information |
Monday
Oct 03 |
Virudhunagar, India: An explosion at a fireworks factory killed 2. More information |
Sunday
Oct 02 |
Guilin, China: An explosion at an illegal fireworks factory killed 4 and injured 1. More information |
Saturday
Oct 01 |
Bangalore, India: A worker died and two others burned when a boiler exploded in the herbal medicine division of a pharmaceutical factory. More information |
Saturday
Oct 01 |
Ahmadi, Kuwait: 4 workers were killed and 2 injured in a gas pipe explosion at Kuwait's largest refinery. More information |
Monday
Sep 12 |
Arpino, Italy: 6 people died in a fire that swept through a fireworks factory. More information |
Monday
Sep 12 |
Nairobi, Kenya: A leaking gasoline pipeline exploded, turning part of a slum into an inferno in which at least 75 people were killed and more than 100 hurt.
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Monday
Sep 12 |
Codolet, France: An explosion in a furnace at a nuclear waste treatment site killed one person. More information |
Friday
Sep 09 |
Kenedy County, TX: A natural gas well head under maintenance exploded, killing 1 person and injuring 2 others. More information |
Friday
Sep 09 |
Wenling. China: A fire at a shoe factory left 7 people dead. More information |
Thursday
Sep 08 |
Milwaukee, WI: A welding shop worker at a plant making earth moving equipment died when he was struck by a welded structure being moved. More information |
Thursday
Sep 08 |
Alba, Bahrain: An electrician conducting tests on a crane died when the crane pulled scaffolding down on him. More information |
Saturday
Sep 03 |
Mehsana, India: 6 people were killed and 22 others injured in an explosion at a milk processing unit. More information |
Friday
Sep 02 |
Menlo Park, CA: An explosion at an industrial complex killed one person working for a research and development company. More information |
Thursday
Sep 01 |
Orland, IN: A poultry plant worker was crushed to death by a hydraulic lift. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 30 |
Sarnia, ON: A worker at a tank cleaning service died from a fall after being struck by a pressurized door. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 30 |
Milwaukee, WI: A worker at a plant making industrial doors died when his head was crushed in a press. More information |
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