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No Fatalities
Tuesday
Jan 05 |
Seattle, WA: It might have been funny if it hadnt been so serious. A steel block at a construction site came loose and slammed into a portable toilet, injuring the occupant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 05 |
Akron, OH: Cold weather made fire fighting difficult during ablaze at a local steel plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 05 |
Kernerville, N.C.: Two firefighters were injured battling a blaze at a snack chip factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 05 |
Everett, WA: Naval authorities reported that 1,000 gallons of jet fuel spilled aboard an aircraft carrier. The fuel was being transferred from one tank to another when the accident occurred. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 05 |
Sterling, AK: A ruptured pipeline spilled nearly 2,500 gallons of crude oil into a wildlife refuge. More information |
Monday
Jan 04 |
Fremont, CA: Fire broke out in the ductwork above the painting area at a vehicle plant. The fire burned for nearly an hour. More information |
Monday
Jan 04 |
Oregon, OH: A oil refinery fire brigade called for mutual aid assistance when a fire broke out at the plant. Working together, firefighters brought the blaze under control in less than 45 minutes. More information |
Monday
Jan 04 |
British Columbia: A foundry is offering a $7,000 reward for information relating to workplace sabotage. At least one worker has been badly burned when molten metal came in contact with aerosol cans. More information |
Sunday
Jan 03 |
Wytheville, VA: An explosion and fire at a natural gas substation destroyed a nearby house, together with a small business. More information |
Sunday
Jan 03 |
Lorain, OH: Cold weather was partly blamed for a fire at a steel plant. Workers were using blow torches to open frozen railcar doors when the fire broke out. More information |
Sunday
Jan 03 |
Dundalk, MD: A worker received minor burns in an explosion at a steel mill caused by molten slag coming in contact with cold water. More information |
Saturday
Jan 02 |
Charlotte, N.C.: Nearly 75,000 gallons of gasoline leaked from a ruptured fuel line at a tank farm. A dike surrounding the storage tanks captured the escaping fuel. More information |
Saturday
Jan 02 |
Spokane, WA: Two separate fires were reported at an aluminum planton consecutive nights. Both fires involved spills of molten metal. More information |
Saturday
Jan 02 |
Pendleton, OR: A pipeline explosion destroyed a natural gas facility, cutting off fuel to nearly 10,000 people. More information |
Saturday
Jan 02 |
Chicago, IL: A fire at a manufacturing companys warehouse went to four alarms. Cold weather conditions made fire fighting difficult. More information |
Saturday
Jan 02 |
Rawlins, WY: A collision between two rail cars at a railroad yard resulted in a 4,000 gallon spill of flammable drip gas. More information |
Friday
Jan 01 |
West Chester, PA: An explosion and fire was reported at a chemical plant. The blast occurred in a tank for flammable chemicals used in making ink. More information |
Friday
Jan 01 |
Sherbrooke, Quebec: An explosion and fire that began in the pressroom of a newspaper plant heavily damaged the facility. More information |
Friday
Jan 01 |
Belleville, Ontario: A leaking natural gas pipeline forced the evacuation of nearby homes. The incident was linked to an area-wide power failure. More information |
Thursday
Dec 31 |
Waterville, MA: A fire at a paper plate factory damaged equipment used to dry the molded plates. More information |
Thursday
Dec 31 |
New York, N.Y.: A printing plant serving an Arabic-language newspaper was damaged when a car parked beside the building was set ablaze. More information |
Thursday
Dec 31 |
San Francisco, CA: A utility worker was arrested after bomb-making materials and instruction manuals were found at a company warehouse. More information |
Thursday
Dec 31 |
Daphne, AL: A collision between a passenger car and a tanker truck resulted in a spill of hundreds of gallons of milk. More information |
Thursday
Dec 31 |
Magna, UT: A worker at a smelter was severely burned in an accident involving the dumping of hot slag. Two vehicles caught fire in the resulting blaze. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 30 |
Westfield, MA: Heavy damage was reported from a fire at a candle company. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 30 |
Bucksport, ME: A fire in the ductwork at a paper mill required a partial evacuation of the facility. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 30 |
Des Moines, IA: Authorities evacuated a large area of the city when two 2,800-gallon propane tankers caught fire and threatened to ignite nearby storage tanks. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 30 |
Crawford, MS: A train derailment involving tanks cars of sodium chlorate and refrigerants resulted in an evacuation of the nearby area. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 30 |
Cape Girardeau, MO: A train heading to Memphis, TN, derailed, with five tanker cars landing in the Mississippi River. No injuries were reported. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 30 |
Monroe, N.C.: A gasoline tanker involved in a collision with a passenger car overturned, leaking gasoline. City employees used sandbags to keep the escaping fuel from reaching a nearby stream. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 30 |
Rawtenstall, U.K.: A two-story slipper factory was destroyed by fire. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 30 |
Hallendale, FL: A fuel tanker overturned and blocked an interstate highway most of the day. Only 40 gallons of fuel leaked from the tanker. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 30 |
Evansville, MN: A finishing and assembly factory for a furniture company was destroyed by fire. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 29 |
El Dorado, AR: A poultry processing plant employing nearly 1,000 workers sustained multi-million dollar damage from a fire. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 29 |
Port Columbus, MO: Waiting passengers were evacuated from an airport loading gate when fuel spilled during the fueling of an airliner. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 29 |
Amarillo, TX: A small fire broke out in the casing for a nuclear weapon at a maintenance facility. Alcohol fumes ignited, but were easily extinguished using a fire extinguisher. More information |
Monday
Dec 28 |
Paterson, N.J.: Emergency response personnel needed two hours to free a loom operator whose arm was impaled on a bolt in the machine. More information |
Monday
Dec 28 |
Edgecomb County, PA: A fuel tanker overturned spilling fuel, but no fire resulted. More information |
Monday
Dec 28 |
Stratford, CT: An anhydrous ammonia leak required the evacuation of a frozen food plant. Several workers were treated for inhalation. More information |
Monday
Dec 28 |
Harrison, N.Y.: Coolant leaking from an air conditioning system at an airport terminal is being blamed for making several workers ill. More information |
Monday
Dec 28 |
Vienna Township, MI: A concrete batching plant was destroyed by fire. More information |
Monday
Dec 28 |
Richmond County, GA: A minor chlorine leak at a manufacturing plant injured two workers. More information |
Sunday
Dec 27 |
Billings, MT: Sulfur dioxide fumes leaking from a storage tank forced the evacuation of a residential area near a sugar refinery. A similar leak from the same tank was reported two days earlier. More information |
Sunday
Dec 27 |
Providence, KY: A two-hour fire in molding equipment at a plastics plant temporarily shut down production. More information |
Sunday
Dec 27 |
Ayrshire, U.K.: Hurricane-force winds downed power lines and required an emergency shut down of reactors at a nuclear plant. More information |
Saturday
Dec 26 |
Sarwah, Yemen: An explosion that disrupted the countrys main oil pipeline was linked to sabotage. More information |
Saturday
Dec 26 |
Fairfield, AL: A 10,000-gallon propane tanker truck overturned, closing an interstate highway. The propane was transferred to another vehicle without incident. More information |
Saturday
Dec 26 |
Medford, OR: Fire destroyed the corporate headquarters of a major forest products company. More information |
Friday
Dec 25 |
Fishers, IN: A plastics factory was destroyed by fire. More information |
Thursday
Dec 24 |
Blencoe, IA: Nearby residents were evacuated after a train derailment resulted in a anhydrous ammonia leak. More information |
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