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Fatality
Friday
Jun 03 |
Staten Island, NY: While welding inside an empty 7,500 gallon tank used to store vegetable oil for making bio-diesel fuel, a man was killed when the tank exploded at an alternative fuel manufacturing plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 02 |
Greenbriar County , WV : Two workers were killed when a rig drilling for coalbed methane gas exploded. More information |
Thursday
Jun 02 |
Eglinton , UK : A man was killed at a water treatment plant when an explosion caused a tank to shoot up into the air. More information |
Thursday
Jun 02 |
Londonderry , Ireland : A man was killed when a blast from a gas tank blew causing the tank to fly through the roof of a water plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 01 |
Huaibei , China : An explosion occurred at a chemical plant killing two workers. More information |
Tuesday
May 31 |
Warffum , Netherlands : Two men were killed and one other injured when a gas condensate storage tank exploded at a petroleum plant. More information |
Saturday
May 28 |
La Fontane, KA: While drilling at a methane drilling rig, two workers were killed and several others injured when a pipe exploded. More information |
Thursday
May 26 |
Ratnagiri , India : Three people were killed and four injured when a fire broke out at a PVC plant after a pipe connecting a column was dismantled during routine maintenance. More information |
Thursday
May 26 |
Guanangzhou , China : Five people were killed when an explosion occurred at a shipyard during construction on the dockyard. More information |
Wednesday
May 18 |
Jiangxi , China : Four people were killed and several others injured when a melting furnace in the nitration section of a chemical plant exploded. More information |
Tuesday
May 17 |
Kronstadt , Russia : One worker was killed and another injured when a fire started at a naval artillery shell dismantling and scrapping plant when powder self combusted. More information |
Monday
May 16 |
Hainan Island , China : A hydrogen sulfide leak killed eight workers at a food factory. More information |
Saturday
May 14 |
Ripley , OK : An oil storage tank exploded killing two workers. More information |
Friday
May 13 |
Uruqi , China : At least five people were killed and one other injured when an explosion occurred in an oil storage depot at an electricity generating plant. More information |
Sunday
May 08 |
Riverton , WY : While spraying a flammable liner inside a rail car, a worker was killed after static electricity caused an explosion inside the tank. More information |
Saturday
May 07 |
Portage , IN : While cleaning a hopper at a steel plant, one worker was killed when he was buried by dust-like material. More information |
Tuesday
May 03 |
Iqbal , Pakistan :About 30 people were killed and 17 others injured when several cylinders exploded while being filled with gas in the basement of residential buildings causing them to collapse. More information |
Thursday
Apr 28 |
El Dorado,AR:12 workers at a chemical plant became sick at work, one of whom later died. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 26 |
Busan, S. Korea:An explosion and fire at a shoe factory killed 1 worker. More information |
Thursday
Apr 21 |
Chongquing,China: An explosion tore through a chemical plant, destroying a 3 story building and leaving 12 dead. More information |
Thursday
Apr 21 |
Lusaka,Zambia:A blast at an explosives plant killed at least 51 people. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 20 |
Kitwe,Zambia: About 51 people were killed and at least three others injured when an explosion occurred at an explosives factory. More information |
Monday
Apr 11 |
Palash Bari,Bangladesh: A 9-story garment factory collapsed after an explosion killing at least 54 people. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 05 |
Fort Wayne,IN:A magnesium fire broke out at a metals plant, resulting in 1 death. More information |
Thursday
Mar 31 |
Trelawny,Jamaica: Machinery exploded at a sugar factory killing 1 person and injuring 2 others. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 30 |
Columbia,SC: 1 employee was killed in an explosion and fire at an adhesives plant. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 29 |
Beijing,China: At least 28 people were killed after a truck carrying 35 tons of a chemical crashed into a cargo truck causing chlorine gas to drift into villages. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 29 |
Jammu,India: A truck driver using a welder to repair the empty rear section of a gasoline tanker caused an explosion that killed 1 person and injured 2 others. More information |
Monday
Mar 28 |
Okara,Pakistan: A boiler at a rice mill exploded resulting tin the deaths of two employees and the injury of eight others. More information |
Friday
Mar 25 |
Port of Tema,Ghana: Thirteen crew members aboard a Greek fishing boat were killed after it caught fire and destroyed a major oil refinery pipeline. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 23 |
Texas City,TX:15 people were killed and at least 100 others injured when an isomerization unit exploded at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Mar 10 |
Karachi,Pakistan: A navy oil tanker exploded during routine maintenance killing at least six people and injured 95 others. More information |
Sunday
Mar 06 |
Jurong Island,Singapore: A worker was killed when a 3-ton container fell on him at an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 15 |
Bokaro, India: Molten steel spilled from a ladle at a metal plant after one of the steel ropes supporting it gave way resulting in the death of one person and the injury of five others. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 09 |
Siberia , Russia : At least 21 miners were killed with four others missing after a methane explosion occurred. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 26 |
Genoa, Italy: A fire started from a leak in a tanker truck that led to an explosion resulting in the death of one firefighter and the injury of three others. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 25 |
Perth Amboy, NJ: Three men were killed and another injured while transferring acetylene into small tanks when a hose leaked causing a cylinder to explode. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 12 |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A factory worker was killed after he lost his balance and fell into a tub of hot lubricant at a steel factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 11 |
Xiangliu, China: An explosion at a fireworks factory resulted in the death of 12 workers and injured 11 others. More information |
Sunday
Jan 09 |
Sui, Pakistan : Six people were killed when a gas pipeline was blown up by attackers. More information |
Saturday
Jan 08 |
Chilgok, South Korea: A fire broke out in a dormitory of a glove-making factory and resulted in the death of four disabled employees. More information |
Thursday
Jan 06 |
Graniteville, SC : Nine people were killed and many others sickened when afreight train crashed into a parked train, leaking chlorine, cresols and sodium hydroxide. More information |
Saturday
Jan 01 |
Shetland, UK: After smelling gas while doing maintenance work at an oil rig, an employee collapsed and died while trying to evacuate the area. More information |
Monday
Nov 29 |
Richland, FL:1 crewman was killed and 3 others injured when 2 freight trains collided, spilling about 300,000 gallons of fertilizer as well as diesel fuel and lubricants. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 16 |
Paranagua, Brazil : 31 crew members were killed when a tanker being loaded with fuel exploded. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 09 |
Walnut Creek, CA: 3 people were killed when a petroleum pipeline carrying fuel for private and corporate aviation exploded while a welding company was digging near it. More information |
Saturday
Nov 06 |
Bearberry , Canada : A fire ignited at a sweet gas well killing 1 worker and injuring 2 others. More information |
Saturday
Nov 06 |
Bristol , TN : An explosion that occurred in the drying room of a concrete plant killed a night watchman. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 03 |
Jutland , Denmark : A fire caused a series of explosion at a fireworks factory that killed 1 firefighter and injured 6 others. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 02 |
Fridley , MN:A contract worker was killed after being pinned underneath a crane at a processing plant. More information |
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