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Tuesday
Aug 07 |
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: A three-alarm fire at a chemical company forced the evacuation of 60 nearby residents. A shelter-in-place order was issued for hundreds more. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 07 |
St. Paul, MN: Fifteen brewery workers were treated after an ammonia buildup related to a power outage. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 07 |
Washington, D.C.:One person was killed when a tank truck carrying liquid nitrogen overturned, leaking vapor. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 07 |
St. Paul, MN: Twenty-five brewery workers required treatment after an ammonia release followed a power outage. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 07 |
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: A three-alarm fire at a chemical company forced the evacuation of 60 nearby residents. A shelter-in-place order was issued for hundreds more. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 07 |
St. Paul, MN: Fifteen brewery workers were treated after an ammonia buildup related to a power outage. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 07 |
Washington, D.C.:One person was killed when a tank truck carrying liquid nitrogen overturned, leaking vapor. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 07 |
St. Paul, MN: Twenty-five brewery workers required treatment after an ammonia release followed a power outage. More information |
Monday
Aug 06 |
Butte, MT: A small phosphorus fire at a closed plant created a lot of smoke but little damage. More information |
Saturday
Aug 04 |
St. Croix, Virgin Islands: A small fire was reported in a vacuum unit at an oil refinery. More information |
Saturday
Aug 04 |
Bloomington, MN: A gasoline tank overturned and spilled its load into the wetlands bordering the Mississippi River. More information |
Saturday
Aug 04 |
St. Croix, Virgin Islands: A small fire was reported in a vacuum unit at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Aug 02 |
Portland, OR: One man died when he fell into an acid storage tank. Two others were seriously injured trying to save him. More information |
Thursday
Aug 02 |
Pine Bluff, AR: Four firefighters were injured when an acetylene tank exploded during a fire at a machine shop. More information |
Thursday
Aug 02 |
Betim, Brazil: One man was killed when a tanker truck being loaded with naphtha at a refinery exploded. More information |
Thursday
Aug 02 |
Portland, OR: One man died when he fell into an acid storage tank. Two others were seriously injured trying to save him. More information |
Thursday
Aug 02 |
Pine Bluff, AR: Four firefighters were injured when an acetylene tank exploded during a fire at a machine shop. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 01 |
Parsippany, N.J.: Two persons were slightly injured when a cap fell off a tanker truck carrying ethylhexoic acid, splashing on two other vehicles. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 01 |
Ohira, Japan: Ten workers were injured in an explosion at a mobile phone component factory. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 01 |
Charleston, N.C.: Tons of coal slurry spilled from a broken line into a tributary of the Guyandotte River. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 01 |
Chicago, IL: One man sustained acid burns over more than 80 percent of his body when sulfuric acid leaked at a steel processing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 01 |
Charleston, N.C.: Tons of coal slurry spilled from a broken line into a tributary of the Guyandotte River. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 01 |
Chicago, IL: One man sustained acid burns over more than 80 percent of his body when sulfuric acid leaked at a steel processing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 01 |
Falls Township, PA: A dozen employees at a filter plant were evacuated when a large indoor tank of hydrochloric acid leaked hundreds of gallons. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 01 |
Parsippany, N.J.: Two persons were slightly injured when a cap fell off a tanker truck carrying ethylhexoic acid, splashing on two other vehicles. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 01 |
Ohira, Japan: Ten workers were injured in an explosion at a mobile phone component factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 31 |
Baltimore, MD: A fire in a manufacturing plant prompted the evacuation of a one-block area. Chemicals involved included sodium borohydride. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 31 |
Visalia, CA: A propane tank being loaded using a forklift fell and exploded, destroying the forklift and a truck. More information |
Monday
Jul 30 |
Hobbs, N.M.: A man was killed while filling a tanker truck with crude oil. He filled the truck to 75 percent capacity without opening the overhead hatch cover. When he climbed atop the truck to open the valve, the hatch cover blew open and struck him. More information |
Monday
Jul 30 |
Anniston Army Depot: Four workers were treated after nitric acid spilled in the depot’s plating shop. The acid was being transferred from a vat to a truck. More information |
Sunday
Jul 29 |
Ashtabula, OH: A firefighter sustained chemical burns while battling a fire at a metals finishing plant. The firefighter was wearing bunker gear at the time. More information |
Saturday
Jul 28 |
San Antonio, TX: Twelve volunteer fire departments lost as much as $200,000 in equipment ruined by caustic chemicals during a fire at a chemical mixing and storage facility. More information |
Saturday
Jul 28 |
Coffeyville, OK: An anhydrous leak injured one worker. A deluge system was activated by the leak. More information |
Saturday
Jul 28 |
Oklahoma City, OK: A four-alarm fire swept through a car plant paint building, sparking at least two explosions. Workers had been in the process of cleaning away years of paint sludge. More information |
Saturday
Jul 28 |
Midway, IN: A fire in a natural gas well took 28 hours to extinguish. More information |
Friday
Jul 27 |
Schweizerhalle, Switzerland: Twenty-one firefighters received light to medium burns battling a two-hour fire following an explosion at a chemical plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 27 |
Yorktown, VA: A fire broke out in the crude distillation unit of an oil refinery. The unit returned to full production in less than a week. More information |
Thursday
Jul 26 |
South Wapiti, Alberta: A leak at a gas plant resulted in a fire that burned more than eight hours. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 25 |
Linz, Austria: Three workers were injured when gases exploded inside a German tanker ship More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Lancaster, PA: A leaking gasoline supply line exploded in a remote area with no injuries reported. More information |
Monday
Jul 23 |
Gokase, Japan: An explosion at a distilled spirits plant resulted in one death. More information |
Monday
Jul 23 |
Bristol, TN: A worker died from burns when oil spilling from a ruptured overflow line at a reclamation plant ignited. More information |
Sunday
Jul 22 |
Orellana Province, Ecuador: An explosion at an oil production site killed three workers. More information |
Friday
Jul 20 |
Huron, S.D.: Roads and nearby businesses were closed when a container of sodium hydroxide spilled from the back of a truck enroute to a plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 20 |
Reno, NV: A chlorine pipe valve at a chemical plant malfunctioned, forcing area evacuations. More information |
Thursday
Jul 19 |
Malvern, PA: Two men were critically injured after a tanker truck carrying chemical solvents exploded. More information |
Thursday
Jul 19 |
Chester, S.C.: One person died and another was injured in an explosion and fire at a fireworks plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 19 |
Cypremont, LA: About 300 families were forced to evacuate when a barge hit a swing bridge, spewing a cloud of flammable propylene gas. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 18 |
Baltimore, MD: A train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed and caught fire in a downtown tunnel, nearly shutting down the city. The fire burned so hot that firefighters could not reach it for eight hours. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 18 |
Martinez, CA: Fire broke out in the heater area of an oil refinery. Officials issued a shelter-in-place order for area residents. More information |
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