WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 The Justic Department has reportedly fined MFG Chemical, Inc. $270,000 for a toxic release on April 12, 2004 of extremely hazardous chemicals at the company’s Dalton, Ga., plant. The toxic release resulted from a runaway reaction at the plant leading to an extreme increase in temperature and causing an explosion that released … Read more
PORT ARTHUR, Texas — A fire has been reported at the Total Petrochemicals facility in Port Arthur, Texas. Fortunately no injuries have been reported. Company spokeswoman Pat Avery says the fire involved a heavy oil line between a crude unit and a tank farm. She says company firefighters had contained the blaze, which was “95 … Read more
Last week a deadly explosion occured while workers were unloading a lacquer-curing agent from a truck at Jinlan Logistics Town in Lanshan District, Linyi. Seven people died immediately and 11 others died of injuries in hospital. Of those 14 were women. In all it required 26 fire engines and 91 firefightersto put out the blaze. … Read more
Over 70 people were feared dead and an equal number were missing in one of the world’s worst power plant accidents till date. The unfortunate accident occured at Russia’s largest power plant at Sayano Shushenskaya in Siberia yesterday. The cause of the accident was not immediately clear although there were early reports of a transformer … Read more
After the recent Total facility gas leak case, this is another one in Texas. A gas supected to contain Hydrogen Sulfide has affected workers at the Tyco plant in North Lubbock. It is not clear if they were wearing any personal protective equipment or not. It is also unclear if they were carrying any portable … Read more
