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Friday
Feb 15 |
Melbourne, Australia: An overheated bottle of organic peroxide exploded at a steel plant, injuring 8. More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Adrian, OH: A shelter-in-place warning was issued when nitric acid reacted with sodium hydroxide at a dairy plant More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Flemington, WV: An explosion at a natural gas well killed 1. More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Valdese, NC: An inventory of yarn and thread were damaged by a textile plant fire. More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Rochdale, UK: 3 floors of an unused asbestos factory were damaged by fire. More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Chickasha, OK: A cutting torch was in use when plastic tubing at a water treatment plant ignited. More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Davao City, Philippines: A chemical reaction involving calcium carbide injured a worker at a food processing plant. More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Wrexham, UK: Sprinklers helped confine a fire at a factory making stainless steels rods to a storage area. More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Manitowac, WI: Fire broke out in a dust collector unit at a paint finishing plant. More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Brahmapuram, India: Fire consumed tons of plastic waste at a waste treatment plant. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Stukely, QC: An equipment explosion at a fertilizer plant injured 1. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Valdesta, GA: A neighboring plant lent workers and equipment to contain chemical runoff from a fire at an environmental services facility. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Skikda, Algeria: A fire at a refinery partially shut down since last July delayed its restart by a week. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Saguenay, QC: Welding work was being done when an explosion rocked an industrial estate warehouse, injuring 1. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Wheeling, IL: A worker at a cardboard factory was transferred by helicopter after catching his hand in machinery. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Samoa, CA: A transformer caught fire at a power plant. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Zion, IL: A cutting torch was in use when residual oil ignited at a nuclear power plant. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Sleaford, UK: A load being moved by crane at a straw burning power plant injured a worker. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Caluya, Philippines: 5 workers died in a mining accident. More Information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Brandenburg, Germany: A silo at a biogas plant caught fire. More Information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Spartan, S. Africa: Fire spread through a laboratory in an industrial park. More Information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Mangalore, India: A worker died and two were taken ill from an ammonia leak at a fish meal factory. More Information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Augusta, GA: At least 5 workers at a food processing plant were taken to the hospital after exposure to ammonia fumes. More Information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Cape Town, S. Africa: An explosion at an industrial gases plant killed 1 and injured 6. More Information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Gisborne, New Zealand: Fire broke out in a storage area at an aluminum products factory. More Information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Selma, NC: Fire broke out at a foundry specializing in machine parts. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
San Lorenzo, CA: An ammonia leak forced the evacuation of an industrial bakery. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Hanford, WA: Workers at an underground tank farm holding radioactive waste were evacuated when smoke poured from an exhaust system. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
North Island, New Zealand: 2 men escaped serious injury when a drum filled with sulfuric acid fell from a truck. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Schwalmstadt, Germany: A solvent fire injured 4 plant workers. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Franklin, OH: A leak of denatured alcohol at a pharmaceutical plant triggered an evacuation of workers. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Jalan Bukit, Malaysia: A soy products factory was destroyed by fire. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Louisville, KY: Vinyl chloride leaked from a valve at a chemical plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Oakley, OH: A small fire broke out in the ventilation system at a paper mill. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Deer Park, TX: A small fire broke out at an oil refinery. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Patterson, CA: Oil in a power transformer at a plant being dismantled caught fire. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Chhota Udepur, India: A stone crushing business and several other factories were torched by extremist tribesmen. More Information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Vorkuta, Russia: An explosion at a coal mine killed 19 miners. More Information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Orito, Colombia: Rebels blew up a section of an oil pipeline. More Information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Camillus, NY: A cutting torch was in use when fire broke out at a former cutlery factory being demolished. More Information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Ferrol, Spain: An explosion at a bio-resins factory killed a worker and injured another. More Information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Mishawaka, IN: Fire tore through an unused foundry. More Information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Karachi, Pakistan: A natural gas substation was damaged in a terrorist attack. More Information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Karnataka, India: At least 4 people died when a tanker carrying CO2 exploded after colliding with a bus. More Information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Golden, CO: A fire reported at a technical ceramics manufacturer never escaped the confinement of a metal box. More Information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Kreamer, PA: Fire broke out in an almost empty sawdust silo at a wood cabinet factory. More Information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Pierpont, OH: Fire broke out at an abandoned plant. More Information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Carrier Mills, IL: An explosion leveled a paint building at a mining equipment repair facility, injuring 1. More Information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Regina, SK: Flames erupted from an upgrader at an oil refinery. More Information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Whiddon Valley, UK: A leaking LPG cylinder forced the evacation of an industrial estate. More Information |
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