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Fatality
Thursday
Aug 08 |
Millersburg, OR: A spark from machinery ignited dust in a fuel pellet plant, killing the co-owner and injuring three others. More information |
Thursday
Aug 01 |
Hallowell, KS: 1 worker was overcome by nitric acid fumes at an explosives factory. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 24 |
Rocky Mount, VA: A plumber died from extensive burns sustained in a boiler explosion at a yarn dyeing plant. Thousands of gallons of spilled chemicals threatened to contaminate a nearby river. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 23 |
Pimpri, India: 1 worker died and 10 were injured in a gas leak at a pharmaceuticals plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 19 |
St. Louis, MO: A worker at a plastics plant was killed when he was pulled into a wrapping machine. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 16 |
Central Minas, Brazil: 2 workers died and 5 were injured in an explosion in a refinery flare stack. More information |
Monday
Jul 15 |
Columbia, PA: A forklift operator burned by molten iron spilled at a foundry died three days later. More information |
Monday
Jul 15 |
Betim, Brazil: An explosion at an oil refinery left 2 workers dead and 3 badly injured. More information |
Friday
Jul 12 |
Lomira, WS: A 10-story automated warehouse adjoining one of the largest printing facilities in the world collapsed and burned, killing 1. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 10 |
Bedford Park, IL: 1 worker was killed and another injured in an explosion at a chemical distribution center. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 09 |
Karachi, Pakistan: Fire broke out during maintenance work at an oil refinery, killing 3 workers and injuring 1. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 09 |
Chamra Chowrangi, Pakistan: 3 workers died and 6 were injured in a fire at a refinery shut down for maintenance. More information |
Monday
Jul 08 |
Shandong, China: Liquid ammonia spilled from a burst pipe at a fertilizer plant, killing 13 people and injuring 11. More information |
Friday
Jul 05 |
Busan, S. Korea: An explosion at a bullet manufacturing plant killed 3 people. More information |
Thursday
Jul 04 |
Putten, The Netherlands: An explosion in 2 grain silos killed 2 workers. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 02 |
Syracuse, N.Y.: An explosion at a specialty metals plant killed 1 worker. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 25 |
Rayong, Thailand:An explosion at an industrial gas factory left one worker dead and another seriouslyinjured. Workers were pumping oxygen into a metal tank when the blast occurred. More information |
Friday
Jun 14 |
Long Beach, CA:Lawmen shot and killed a former plastics plant worker who attacked current employees withflaming chemicals and a knife. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 11 |
Watertown, N.Y.:One man died in an explosion in the dryer room at a specialty paper plant. The blast blewout part of a wall. More information |
Monday
Jun 10 |
Kurume, Japan: Aworker who fell into an underground sludge tank at a dye factory and three colleagues whotried to rescue him were overcome by hydrogen sulfide gas and died. More information |
Monday
Jun 10 |
New York, N.Y.:An industrial food-processing machine that was cutting cabbage for cole slaw spun out ofcontrol, crushing one man to death, severing another mans arm and injuring two others. More information |
Saturday
Jun 08 |
Providence, R.I.:An employee opened fire at a newspaper production plant, killing one worker and woundinganother. More information |
Thursday
Jun 06 |
Meraux, LA: Aworker was killed in a flash fire that erupted during the restart of a fluid catalyticcracking unit at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Jun 06 |
Multnomah County, WA:One worker died and two were injured at an aluminum plant when molten metal splashed outof a containment pit. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 05 |
Haifa, Israel: Anexplosion at a bottled oxygen warehouse killed two worker. Police stated the blast wasaccidental and not the result of terrorism. More information |
Saturday
Jun 01 |
Hayden, AZ: Aworker was killed when he was caught in a conveyor belt used to move crushed copper ore. More information |
Monday
May 27 |
Westhoughton, U.K.: Two workmen suppended on a cradle inside a 120-foot-tall metal chimney died when they were engulfed in a fireball after a massive explosion. More information |
Friday
May 24 |
Agra, India: Thirty people were killed in a fire that destroyed a shoe factory. More information |
Thursday
May 16 |
Vicksburg, MS: One worker was killed and 11 burned when an explosion destroyed a rubber recycling plant. Nearly 6,800 pounds of highly flammable rubber powder was kept on site. More information |
Monday
May 13 |
Buffalo, N.Y.: A worker at a brass foundry was crushed to death by a machine. More information |
Tuesday
May 07 |
White Springs, FL: One man was killed and another seriously injured in an explosion at a chemical plant. More information |
Sunday
May 05 |
Ghaziabad, India: Four workers died after inhaling toxic gas at a plastic foam factory. More information |
Thursday
May 02 |
Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia: Three workers died and four were injured in a fire at a gas processing plant. The workers were conducting maintenance on a high pressure flare line when the fire occurred. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 06 |
Camas, OR: A worker at a paper mill died when he was caught in a machine that presses and dries wet pulp into paper. More information |
Saturday
Mar 02 |
Shetland, U.K.: An oil worker died in a drilling rig accident. Operations were suspended while the investigation was in progress. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 19 |
Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico: Southwest of Mexico City, a boiler exploded at an iron foundry on Mexicos Pacific coast, killing four people. More information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Tizayuca, Mexico: An explosion at a brake pad factory killed four female plant workers and left seven others injured. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Baldwin, MO: A 30-year-old worker is dead from burns he suffered in a flash fire at a power plant. Five others were injured. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Geismar, LA: An explosion and flash fire a chemical plant killed one worker. The blast occurred while several employees were cleaning out a vessel as part of routine maintenance. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Samut,Thailand: Seven workers were killed and more than 50 injured when a part of the ceiling of one factory collapsed February 1. Heavy steel beams and concrete debris rained down an about 100 employees in the factory. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Kuwait: Two workers were killed in an accident at a petro-chemicals company at an urea plant. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Baton Rouge, LA: An explosion and flash fire at a chemical plant killed one worker and severely injured another. Several employees were cleaning out a vessel, or container, as part of routine maintenance. More information |
Friday
Feb 08 |
Pontotoc, MS: A man died after a nearly six-hour effort to pull him from a soybean-filled silo. The man was working inside a silo about two-thirds full of soybeans when he fell. More information |
Saturday
Feb 02 |
Kuwait: A massive fire that killed four workers caused a temporary production shutdown of an oil field that produces 600,000 barrels daily. More information |
Thursday
Jan 31 |
Raudhatain,Kuwait:Near the Iraqi border, four people were killed in an explosionand fire at an oil gathering center, gas booster station and power substation.Nineteen people were also wounded. More information |
Monday
Jan 28 |
South Charleston,WV:A chlorine release at a chemical plant caused a 45 minuteshelter-in-place order. More information |
Sunday
Jan 27 |
Vancouver,WA:A maintenance worker was killed at an oil refinery early Saturdaymorning when a temporary elevator fell and crushed him, the company said. More information |
Sunday
Jan 27 |
Okene, Nigeria: Fifty-one people were killed in central Nigeria when a petrol tanker veeredoff the road and exploded into flames. More information |
Friday
Jan 25 |
Willingboro,NJ:One person was killed and 14 injured in an explosion at ascrap metals factory. Workers were cleaning tantalum through a seriesof acid baths when the blast occurred. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 23 |
Fort Collins,CO:A worker who climbed into a rock washing machine was killedwhen he got caught inside. More information |
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