Dec 23, 2021– A fire broke out in the Exxon Mobil refinery located in Baytown, TX today, injuring four contract workers who were repairing a pipeline inside the hydrotreater unit. This unit was shutdown earlier this week after a leakage and apparently was being repaired by contract workers. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, Harris County, tweeted that … Read more
03 Dec 2020– Four people are reportedly dead and one injured in an explosion that occurred at a wastewater treatment plant at Avonmouth near Bristol in the UK. The plant is operated by Wessex Water and is used for waste water treatment and recycling. The Bristol explosion incident has been classified as a major accident … Read more
March 27,2020 – The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new animation video, that shows the disaster which took place at the BP Texas City facility, more than 15 years ago. During that accident, a massive fire and explosions took place at the refinery, also many tons of hydrocarbons got released causing an … Read more
October 16, 2019 – Update on the incident here June 21st, 2019– A major explosion and fire has occurred at an oil refinery in Philadelphia (known locally as the Suncor refinery for many years, but now known as the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery). This is one of the oldest refineries in the US on the … Read more
Bhilai, India– On 9th Oct, 2018 a huge explosion took place at the Bhilai Steel Plant in Chattisgarh State, India during a maintenance operation on a gas pipeline. The plant is owned by the Steel Authority of India (SAIL), which is owned by the government. The accident resulted in several fatalities and injuries. (Upto now … Read more
