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Fatality
Friday
Nov 03 |
Ansan, South Korea: Twoworkers were killed and 41 injured in an explosion at a plastics plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 02 |
Salekhard, Russia: Four workers were killed when a gas pipeline under construction burst, causing a fire. More information |
Friday
Oct 27 |
Grays Harbor County, WA:A wreck involving two logging trucks and a tanker carrying caustic chemicals resulted in afire and one death. More information |
Thursday
Aug 10 |
Rosemount, MN: A series of explosions at a processing plant left one worker dead. More information |
Thursday
Aug 10 |
Rosemount, MN: A series of explosions at a processing plant left one worker dead. More information |
Monday
Aug 07 |
Plain, OH: A worker at an aluminum plant was killed when the door to an industrial furnace fell on him. More information |
Monday
Aug 07 |
Plain, OH: A worker at an aluminum plant was killed when the door to an industrial furnace fell on him. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 28 |
Lahore, Pakistan:Ananhydrous ammonia leak and fire at a cold storage facility killed one worker and injuredabout 24 others. More information |
Monday
Jun 26 |
Pittsboro, IN:A workerat a steel plant died after being crushed under the wheels of a heavy crane. More information |
Sunday
Jun 25 |
Al-Ahmedi, Kuwait:Arefinery explosion and fire killed five people and injured 50. More information |
Monday
Jun 12 |
Darien, CT:A 10,000gallon tanker truck carrying hydrochloric acid rolled over, killing at least one personand triggering evacuations. More information |
Monday
Jun 05 |
Morgantown, N.C.:A blast at a graphiteindustrial plant left one worker dead and two injured. More information |
Tuesday
May 30 |
Hartford, CT: The supervisor of the water pollution control authority died after he accidentally fell head-first down a 20-foot shaft. More information |
Wednesday
May 24 |
Donaldsonville, LA: An explosion in an ammonia processing unit of a fertilizer plant killed one man and critically injured ten others. More information |
Thursday
May 18 |
Veroli, Italy: Two explosions at a fireworks factory killed the owner, his son and an employee. More information |
Tuesday
May 16 |
Buffalo, ND: A man was killed and a firefighter attempting to rescue him was severly burned, when a pyrotechnics plant exploded and burned. More information |
Monday
May 15 |
Rafelcofer, Spain: Six workers were killed and eight were injured in a blast at a fireworks plant. More information |
Saturday
May 13 |
Enschede, Netherlands: A fireworks warehouse exploded, killing an estimated 20 people and injuring over 600 others. More information |
Friday
May 12 |
Twin City, GA: A worker at a chemical plant was killed when hydrofluoric acid he was working with spilled. Three other employees and nine law enforcement and emergency personnel were treated for exposure. More information |
Wednesday
May 10 |
Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Canada: Four janitors and a guidance counselor were sent to the hospital after an unknown chemical spilled in a science lab at an intermediate school. More information |
Monday
May 01 |
Perry, FL:One worker was killed and another critically injured when a building containing magnesium exploded. More information |
Friday
Apr 28 |
Bossier City, LA: One man was killed after he entered a chemical tanker trailer containing naphtha residue. One other man was killed and one was injured attempting to rescue the first man. More information |
Thursday
Apr 20 |
Holcomb, KS: A tallow separator at a rendering plant exploded, killing one worker and injuring another. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 19 |
Twinsburg, OH: A female industrial worker died after being struck by a towmotor. More information |
Monday
Apr 17 |
Edmonton, Alberta: A worker was using a 45-gallon drum of asphalt primer as a work table to cut a piece of steel when the drum exploded, killing him. More information |
Saturday
Apr 15 |
Ellijay, GA: Two workers were killed when a tank exploded at an asphalt plant. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 11 |
Guanghou, China: At least three explosions were reported on the top floor of an electro-plating factory. Two workers were killed and four were injured. It took 150 firefighters and 17 engines about an hour to extinguish the blaze. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 04 |
Spencer, NC: An explosion at a steam power plant killed one worker when a transformer exploded during routine maintenance. More information |
Monday
Mar 27 |
Pasadena, TX:An explosion and fire at a chemical plant killed at least one person and injured at least20 more. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 22 |
Abia State,Nigeria: Fifty people were killed during a pipeline fire that occurred whilesiphoning gasoline. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 21 |
Channelview,TX: Two men died inside a large boiler that they had been sandblasting. An exactcause of death is unknown. More information |
Sunday
Mar 19 |
Tanzania: Twenty-eightpeople were killed while trying to siphon gasoline from an overturned tanker truck. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 14 |
Lakeland, FL:A tanker truck carrying aviation fuel overturned and burned, killing the driver andclosing Highway I-4 during morning rush hour. The column of smoke could be seen for up to30 miles. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 14 |
Hangzhou,China: Four people were killed in an explosion when they were sent to cut a steelstructure over an abandoned biogas generating pit. Their arc-welding device ignited theremaining gas in the pit, resulting in the explosion. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 14 |
Richwood, WV:An explosion at a furniture plant killed the owner as he did welding work on a discarded55-gallon barrel. None of the other 13 workers in the plant at the time were injured. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 14 |
Rock Hill, SC:Two men were killed and two were injured in an explosion when turpentine fumes ignited asthey welded a tank outside of a paper plant. More information |
Sunday
Mar 12 |
Lat Krabang,Thailand: The owner of a makeshift gas station was killed, and his wife andanother man were injured when an oil truck off-loading its cargo caught fire and explodedin front of his wooden house. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 01 |
Quebec, Canada: Three workers were killed when a giant tank of compressed air exploded while theyprepared the vehicle for safety tests. Two of the men were decapitated in the explosion ofthe 1,500 kilogram tank. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 29 |
Toronto, Canada: A worker at a steel plant was crushed to death by a 900 kilo pipe when a bundle of pipes that he was unloading from a truck broke loose. More information |
Thursday
Feb 24 |
Albers, IL: Two workers were preparing to demolish a 165-foot coal storage silo when part of the structure fell on top of them, killing them both. More information |
Saturday
Feb 19 |
Puyang, China: Thirteen people died and 54 were hospitalized after a natural gas explosion in a workshop in Central China. More information |
Friday
Feb 18 |
Anchorage, AK: A man was killed in an explosion that occurred as he was welding a ventline on top of a large wastewater tank. More information |
Thursday
Feb 17 |
Rolla, MO: A truck driver was killed when his propane truck was struck by another vehicle. The tank detached from the overturned cab, coming to rest in roadway before exploding. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 02 |
Milford, CT: Steel beams at a natural gas plant collapsed, burying a 100-foot crane. Two construction workers were killed and at least two were injured. More information |
Sunday
Jan 23 |
Kansas City, MO: A 24-car accident on I-29 killed at least 8 people. An 18-wheeler carrying hydrochloric acid caught fire, forcing firefighters to temporarily cease rescue efforts. More information |
Thursday
Jan 20 |
East Windsor, CT: A worker was killed when he was crushed between the back end of an excavator and a steel wall at a recycling plant. More information |
Saturday
Jan 15 |
Balatonfuzfo, Hungary: An explosion destroyed a gunpowder plant, killing one worker. More information |
Thursday
Jan 13 |
Reesedale, PA: A professional diver drowned while doing maintenance on a hydro-electric plant. At the 20-foot mark all three of his connecting lines broke for an unknown reason. Firefighters searched the Allegheny River for him with no success. More information |
Friday
Dec 31 |
Mont-St.-Hilaire, Quebec: Two workers were killed in a train crash that set off fiery explosions and forced the evacuation of 700 people. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 29 |
Hallam, NE: An explosion in an 80-foot silo used to store ash from a power plant hurled to workers to the ground, killing them. More information |
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