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Location: Crosby, TX
Incident Occurred On: 08/29/2017
On August 29, 2017, flooding from Hurricane Harvey disabled the refrigeration system at the Arkema plant in Crosby, TX, which manufactures organic peroxides. The following day people within a 1.5...
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Location: Cambria, WI
Incident Occurred On: 05/31/2017
An explosion killed five workers....
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Location: Barbour County, WV
Incident Occurred On: 05/24/2017
A tank violently exploded while it was being emptied of its contents. ...
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Location: St. Louis , MO
Incident Occurred On: 04/03/2017
A massive steam explosion caused a steel vessel weighing approximately 2,000 pounds to launch itself into the air. The initial explosion killed one worker and critically injured another. The vess...
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Location: Deridder, LA
Incident Occurred On: 02/08/2017
On February 8, 2017, three contractors were fatally injured and seven contractors sustained injuries in an explosion at the Packaging Corporation of America facility in DeRidder, LA. The fatally ...
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Location: Atchison, KS
Incident Occurred On: 10/21/2016
On October 21, 2016, a chemical release occurred at the MGPI Processing plant in Atchison, Kansas. MGPI Processing produces distilled spirits and specialty wheat proteins and starches. The rele...
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Location: Nederland, TX
Incident Occurred On: 08/12/2016
On August 12, 2016, seven workers were injured - three critically - when a flash fire occurred during hot work activities at Sunoco Logistics Partners, a terminal facility in Nederland, Texas....
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