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
We have often been warned to stay away from tall metal structures, trees and other kinds of lightning attractors during a thunderstorm, but many of us do not think about it seriously enough. If you are amongst these non believers in such warnings- be warned. An industrial accident was reported on 26th June 2009, when … Read more
Today marks the 30th anniversary of America’s worst commercial nuclear accident at three mile island. Many people remember the accident simply as the “three mile island incident”. What lessons have we learnt from this accident? Are we having better industrial management systems today than were present at that time? Are we better prepared now to … Read more
