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2010

Coal mine blast kills 26 (China) 09/12/2010

Mine pit leaking salt water (USA) 09/12/2010

Blaze tackled at power station (UK) 09/12/2010 Two spills in 6 months dump 1,300 gallons of oil (USA) 09/12/2010

Refinery to have lower capacity due to fire (Czech Republic) 09/12/2010

4 dead, 5 injured in factory explosion (China) 09/12/2010

One missing in silo collapse (USA) 09/12/2010

Ammonia leak sends 55 to hospital, town evacuated (USA) 09/12/2010

Oil rig gutted at port (UAE) 02/12/2010

Another oil spill in harbour (Jamaica) 02/12/2010

Oil spill bigger than previously estimated (USA) 02/12/2010

Train collides with semi (USA) 02/12/2010

Platform evcauted amid gas leak (Norway) 02/12/2010

Plant chemical leak sends 2 to hospital (USA)02/12/2010

Extinguishing inferno difficult (USA) 02/12/2010

Benzene release at refinery (USA)02/12/2010

Oil giant to pay $25M in settlement over oil spill (USA) 18/11/2010

'Chance' saved well frm blast (Norway) 18/11/2010

One man remains in critical condition after ammonia leak (USA) 18/11/2010

Oil firm fined for leak that killed 300 birds (Canada)18/11/2010

100 oil workers in major gas leak drama (UK)18/11/2010

Fire at refinery (USA)18/11/2010

Refinery has sulfide leak (USA) 18/11/2010

Blaze damaged stroage facility (USA)18/11/2010

Train collision causes huge explosion (Poland) 11/11/2010

Fire investigation underway at refinery (UK) 11/11/2010

Oil leak starts fire in power station (UK) 11/11/2010

Thick smoke is sent into air from refinery (USA) 11/11/2010

Nuclear plant shutdown after explosion (USA) 11/11/2010

Explosion sparks huge factory fire (UK) 11/11/2010

Nuclear plant shuts down after leak (USA) 11/11/2010

2 men killed in mine explosion (Chile)11/11/2010

Oil tank fire extinguished (China) 04/11/2010

Nuclear sub damaged during rescue (UK) 04/11/2010

Workers removed from gas and oil platform that contains asbestos (Australia) 04/11/2010

1-year Anniversary of fatal oil site accident, Chemical Board launches initiative (USA) 04/11/2010

Refinery evacuated after gas leak (Belgium) 04/11/2010

Fire stops work at coal terminal (Australia)04/11/2010

Workers injured in oil rig drama (UK) 04/11/2010

Coal mine flood kills 12 (China) 04/11/2010

Miners confirmed dead after gas leak (China) 21/10/2010

Workers run for their lives in refinery fire (Trinidad & Tobago) 21/10/2010

Steel worker killed in furnace explosion (USA) 21/10/2010

Chemical board safety message commends the prohibiting natural gas blows (USA) 21/10/2010

Refinery accident injures 2 (Canada) 21/10/2010

Explosion rocks energy plant (USA) 21/10/2010

Explosion in fuel plant (China) 21/10/2010

Oil terminals batten down as typhoon hits (China) 21/10/2010

Worker confirmed dead at refinery (USA) 14/10/2010

Striken 7,000-ton gasoline tanker is towed to safety following collision (France) 14/10/2010

Investigation into explosion at magnesium plant (USA) 14/10/2010

Team checking insulation at plant (USA) 14/10/2010

Three seriously injured in chemical blast (UK)14/10/2010

Crew reported safe in platform fire (USA)14/10/2010

Four killed in mine 'collapse' (China) 14/10/2010

125 firefigthers battle blaze at sawmill (USA)14/10/2010

Nuclear plant shutdown due to 'leak' (Iran) 07/10/2010

Boiler explosion kills 3, injures 5 (Turkey) 07/10/2010

A towering mess on ship channel (USA) 07/10/2010

Toxic disaster response team mobilized following plant fire (Taiwan) 07/10/2010

Refinery fined a record $2.39m for explosion (USA) 07/10/2010

Fire at magnesium plant (USA) 07/10/2010

Electrical fire at nuclear power station (UK) 07/10/2010

6 killed, 12 injured in coal mine accident (China) 07/10/2010

4 injured in flash fire at charcoal plant (USA) 30/09/2010

Isomax unit shut at refinery (USA)30/09/2010

Atomic weapons plant fire crews 'delayed' from entering (UK) 30/09/2010

Refinery leak discovered after neighbours reported smell (Canada) 30/09/2010

Three hurt in industrial explosion (USA)30/09/2010

Explosion, fire at plant (Canada)30/09/2010

Train derails, area evacuated (USA) 30/09/2010

Recycling plant fire warning to residents (UK) 30/09/2010

Print plant explosion puts 4 in hospital (UK) 23/09/2010

Refinery restarts after 6 week shutdown from flooding (Pakistan)23/09/2010

Workers halt oil spill from pipeline (Venezuela) 23/09/2010

Grain-elevator fire prompts evacuations - battle likely to last for days (USA)23/09/2010

Explosion hits refinery (Russia) 23/09/2010

Chemical Board calls for adoption of prohibiting natural gas blows at plants (USA)23/09/2010

Cause of chemical plant fire still unknown (USA) 23/09/2010

Fire controlled at refinery (Brazil) 23/09/2010

Refinery halts jet fuel production after 2nd fire (Italy) 16/09/2010

Up to 10 killed in pipeline blast (Iran) 16/09/2010

More troubles at nuclear power plant (USA)16/09/2010

3rd pipeline shut, outage near 1 million bpd (USA)16/09/2010

Fire halts shipping form large oil terminal (Bonaire)16/09/2010

Fire halts shipping at a large refinery (Venezuela) 16/09/2010

Oil mishap averted in rig fire (Chile) 16/09/2010

Weapons facility rocked by blasts (Lebanon) 16/09/2010

Blast rips through oil refinery, kills 1 (Mexico) 16/09/2010

Chemguard and Williams Fire & Hazard Control Partner to advance fire-fighting industry (USA) 16/09/2010

Fuel tanks runs aground in the Artic (Canada) 16/09/2010

Hydro station oil leak fixed (USA)16/09/2010

2 missing after typhoon tilts offshore oil platform (China)16/09/2010

Chemical Board contracts study on reducing invenatory of Toxic Methyl Isocyanate at chemical site (USA)16/09/2010

Hundreds evacuated as silo burns (Australia)16/09/2010

Firework factory explosion leaves at least 4 dead (Gozo)16/09/2010

Fire burns at bleach plant, 10 mile evacuation (USA) 02/09/2010

Major fire at port oil storage facility (India) 02/09/2010

Drilling of mine rescue shaft begins (Chile) 02/09/2010

$2.4m fine over blaze (USA) 02/09/2010

MUST SEE : Hydrogen fuel explosion caught on tape (USA) 02/09/2010

Chemical Board conducting assessment of ammonia release (USA) 02/09/2010

Crude distillation unit shut after blaze (Italy) 02/09/2010

Fire breaks out at plastic recycling plant (UK) 02/09/2010

Refinery incident injures 13 (USA) 12/08/2010

State of emergency declared in nuclear town (Russia) 12/08/2010

Molten metal leak believed to be cause of zinc plant explosion 12/08/2010

29 killed, 14 trapped in mine accients (China) 12/08/2010

Barge crashes into oil well new oil leak reported (USA) 04/08/2010

Refinery still operating after fire (USA 04/08/2010

Explosion at petrochemical plant kills 4 (Iran)04/08/2010

7,000 chemical barrels washed into river (China) 04/08/2010

Nuclear safety experts conclude review of regulatory system 04/08/2010

Oil refinery evacuation (Australia) 04/08/2010

Explosive titanium fire injures firefighters (USA) 21/07/2010

Oil spill stopped, says oil giant (USA) 21/07/2010

Fire overnight at refinery (UK) 21/07/2010

5 dead, 1 missing after shipyard explosion (China) 21/07/2010

Firms ordered topay alsmost £10m over blast (UK) 21/07/2010

Mine owner held as 28 die in colliery fire (China) 21/07/2010

Worker recovery after gas explosion (USA) 21/07/2010

Oil giant shuts refinery after fire (USA) 21/07/2010

Fire breaks out at nuclear power plant (UK) 14/07/2010

$6m fine in sugar blast (USA) 14/07/2010

City hit by blackout after transformer fire (Canada) 14/07/2010

6 killed in accident at military base (Russia) 14/07/2010

Families flee toxic fumes from waste depot blaze (UK) 14/07/2010

Oil giant shuts pipelines after spotting oil sheet (Malaysia) 14/07/2010

Coal mine explosion kills 6, injures 34 others (China) 14/07/2010

At least 13 killed in tanker blast (Nigeria) 14/07/2010

At least 220 dead in oil explosion (Congo) 07/07/2010

Major fire tackled on cargo ship (UK) 07/07/2010

28 hurt in food factory explosion (UK) 07/07/2010

Refinery fire being reviewed (USA) 07/07/2010

Chemical safety board considers urgent recommendations to prevent deadly explosions and fires during pipe cleaning and purging operations (UK) 07/07/2010

Pipeline explosion injures 3, 1 seriously (USA) 07/07/2010

New oil spill (Denmark) 07/07/2010

Plastics fuel inferno (USA) 07/07/2010

2 accidents in 12 hours at refinery (USA) 23/06/2010

Refinery hit with $1m in fines for explosion (USA) 23/06/2010

Coal mine explosion kills at least 46 (China) 23/06/2010

Probe into resort oil spill. may limit rigs (Egypt) 23/06/2010

Beaches still closed after oil spill (UK) 23/06/2010

Oil spill report received (Australia) 23/06/2010

3 companies guilty in oil depot case (UK) 23/06/2010

Lightning strikes oil tank (USA) 23/06/2010

5 injured in fire at plant (Canada) 16/06/2010

Refinery worker killed in accident (Netherlands)  16/06/2010

Derailment cleanup to take at 6 weeks (USA) 16/06/2010

Firm convicted of safety breaches in oil explosion (UK) 16/06/2010

Oil leaked from quarter-size hole (USA) 16/06/2010

Fire hits warehouse (Saudi Arabia) 16/06/2010

Nuclear plant experienced leak (China) 16/06/2010

Oil leak at plant held for now (Australia)  16/06/2010

Oil rig fire may blaze for 6 months (Iran) 10/06/2010

Diver dies at nuclear power plant (USA)  10/06/2010

Action over lax safety standards at nuclear plant (UK) 10/06/2010

Worker, firefighter injured in chemical fire (USA) 10/06/2010

Chlorine leak hospitalises 70 workers (Thailand) 10/06/2010

Substation blast cuts off power (USA) 10/06/2010

One body retrieved, 10 still trapped in flooded coal mine (China) 10/06/2010

Chemical board releases new hot work safety video (USA)  10/06/2010

Platform evacuated due to gas build-up on 'unstable' well (Norway) 27/05/2010

10 dead, one missing in mine explosion (China)  27/05/2010

Refinery shutdown to last weeks after fire damage (Germany) 27/05/2010

4 chemical unit workers charred to death (India) 27/05/2010

Large fire at metal factory (Israel) 27/05/2010

Refinery spews smoke (Australia) 27/05/2010

Fire nearly halts production at refinery site (USA) 27/05/2010

Workers injured in nuclear accident (France)  27/05/2010

Power station explosion kills 1, injures 25 (South Africa) 20/05/2010

2 killed in ammunition plant explosion (USA)  20/05/2010

Hazardous chemicals alight in factory (Australia) 20/05/2010

Explosion at world's biggest diary exporter (New Zealand) 20/05/2010

Rescuers find 28 bodies after mine blast (Turkey) 20/05/2010

Pipe cleaning practices that lead to energy explosion are common across gas energy industry (USA) 20/05/2010

Refinery lights up sky (USA) 20/05/2010

Refinery fire apparently accident (USA)  20/05/2010

Towering inferno at refinery (China) 13/05/2010

Explosion at hydropower plant kills 2, including fireman and wounds 10 workers (Russia)  13/05/2010

Storm-lashed tanker evacuated (South Africa) 13/05/2010

Crews tackle fire at recycling plant (UK) 13/05/2010

New bid to contain spill (USA) 13/05/2010

Two refinery workers injured after boiler malfunction (USA) 13/05/2010

Experts probe aircraft factory fire (UK) 13/05/2010

Fire hits pipeline (Nigeria)  13/05/2010

Oil giant says no guarantee dome will stem oil leak (USA) 06/05/2010

1 dead, 1 hurt in arm base explosion (USA)  06/05/2010

Refinery fire brought under control (The Netherlands) 06/05/2010

Pipeline leak found, no output impact (Nigeria) 06/05/2010

Large fire breaks out at refinery; one worker critically injured (USA) 06/05/2010

Ammonia leak poisons 200 (China) 06/05/2010

Dozens of waterfowl dead at refinery (USA) 06/05/2010

Workers evacuated after explosion (UK)  06/05/2010

Fire at refinery (Venezuela) 28/04/2010

Fire put out at oil depot (Russia)  28/04/2010

2 injured on propane blast (USA) 28/04/2010

4 injured during silo explosion (USA) 28/04/2010

Explosions, fire at refinery (Canada) 28/04/2010

1 killed, 3 injured in gas pipeline blast (Russia) 28/04/2010

Mine collapse kills 1 (Canada) 28/04/2010

Oil worker injured by electric shock (UK) 28/04/2010

3 workers hurt in refinery flash fire (USA) 21/04/2010

Worker killed at refinery (USA) 21/04/2010

Train derails; chemical leak causes evacuations (USA) 21/04/2010

Chemical board examining fatal oil site explosion (USA) 21/04/2010

Workers pressured to fill tanks before explosion (UK) 21/04/2010

Oil workers left in volcano limbo (UK) 21/04/2010

At least five dead in oil tanker explosion (Nigeria) 21/04/2010

Seven miners rescued after coal mine flooding (UK) 21/04/2010

Chemical leak evacuation to continue until clean is complete (USA) 14/04/2010

Chemical blast triggers urgent inspections (China)  14/04/2010

Major fire at depot (India) 14/04/2010

Chemical board release video  focusing on deaths in oil site explosions (USA) 14/04/2010

Firefighter killed in animal-feed silo explosion from a leftover from previous fire (USA) 14/04/2010

Fire breaks out on moored oil rig (UK) 14/04/2010

Fire at building housing chemicals (New Zealand) 14/04/2010

Gas blasts shock as inferno engulfs warehouse (UK)  14/04/2010

Deaths at mine raise issues about safety (USA)07/04/2010

Firefighters injured and truck destroyed in blaze (USA)  07/04/2010

Tonnes of oil spills into river (China) 07/04/2010

Owners of exploded fuel depot won't continue major cleanup at site (Puerto Rico) 07/04/2010

Fight to tackle oil spill (Australia) 07/04/2010

Five bodies found after 'miracle' mine rescue (India) 07/04/2010

Explosion, fire at propane depot (USA) 07/04/2010

Explosion at chemical plant claims two lives (China) 07/04/2010

Hope wanes for 153 workers trapped (China) 01/04/2010

Oil giant loses appeal over tanker spill (France) 01/04/2010

Worker seriously burned in explosion (USA) 01/04/2010

Refinery loadings reduced after fire (Russia) 01/04/2010

Fires break out at three nuclear plants (USA) 01/04/2010

Fire breaks out a huge arms depot (India) 01/04/2010

Spill prompts evacuation (USA) 01/04/2010

Fire at oil refinery (Venezuela) 01/04/2010

Fire at oil refinery injures 4 (Kuwait) 25/03/2010

4 injured in blast at factory (UK)  25/03/2010

2nd leak in month calls for review of chemical spill at petroleum plant (USA) 25/03/2010

Statement from safety board on 5th anniversary of fatal explosion (USA) 25/03/2010

Poor decisions led to massive oil spill (Australia) 25/03/2010

Clean up continues on river following fuel spill (USA) 25/03/2010

Fire on tanker, two workers killed (Malaysia) 25/03/2010

Mine flood traps 11 people (China)  25/03/2010

2 injured in petrochemical plant blast (Algeria) 18/03/2010

25 confirmed dead in coal mine fire (China)  18/03/2010

Investigations into pipeline blast (USA) 18/03/2010

Beach contaminated by oil leak (Vietnam) 18/03/2010

Huge diesel spill located at refinery (USA) 18/03/2010

Boiler problems cause black smoke from refinery (USA) 18/03/2010

Tanker company agrees to pay fix-it costs for 2004 oil spill (USA) 18/03/2010

Crews extinguish steelworks blaze (Australia) 18/03/2010

2 fire-fighters injured after plant explosion (USA) 10/03/2010

Oil giant hit with $3m safety fine for refinery (USA)  10/03/2010

Chemical board issues safety bulleting on hazards of welding and other hot work (USA) 10/03/2010

'Severe' fire rages at recycling site (Ireland) 10/03/2010

Top refinery could be down for a month (Chile) 10/03/2010

Refinery identifies cause of fire (USA) 10/03/2010

Mine reopens after shutdown for safety concerns (USA) 10/03/2010

Shop faces leak inquiry (China)  10/03/2010

Statement from chemical board investigations supervisor update of the investigation of catastrophic plant blast accident (USA) 04/03/2010

Man injured in gas platform explosion (UK) 04/03/2010

Rescuers all-out for 31 miners trapped in colliery flood (China)

Rescuers are working all-out to drain water from a flooded coal mine, hoping to lift 31 people out of the pit 04/03/2010

Workers injured after acid spill (Australia) 04/03/2010

Gas well still on fire (Canada) 04/03/2010

Platform production shuts on rupture (USA) 04/03/2010

Thousand of litres of LPG burning (Poland) 04/03/2010

Homes evacuated after propane 'vapour cloud' forms (USA) 04/03/2010

17 miners killed in mine collapse (Turkey) 25/02/2010

Large explosion at methanol plant (Malaysia) 25/02/2010

6 killed, 8 injured after factory blaze (China) 25/02/2010

Minor blast at refinery injures 1 (USA) 25/02/2010

2 die in factory blast (Malta) 25/02/2010

Radiation incident shows a gap in nuclear safety procedures (Canada) 25/02/2010

5-alarm fire burns warehouse (USA) 25/02/2010

Liquid detergent explosion injures 7 (China)  25/02/2010

Explosion in steel factory, 3 killed, 9 hurt (India) 18/02/2010

No safety officials present during gas purge at blast site (USA)  18/02/2010

2 hurt in power station fire (Australia) 18/02/2010

Probe after refinery site blaze (UK) 18/02/2010

2 firefighters injured after explosion (USA) 18/02/2010

Investigation continues into radioactive leak (USA) 18/02/2010

Another upgrader fire at refinery (Canada) 18/02/2010

Fire on commercial vessel (Canada)  18/02/2010

One worker hurt in refinery fire (USA) 11/02/2010

Fire crews clean up refinery tank leak (Australia)  11/02/2010

Power cut threat after incident causes nuclear reactor to shut down (UK) 11/02/2010

Chemical board members vote to approve urgent gas code recommendations following deadly explosion (USA) 11/02/2010

Gas leak shuts part of refinery, 200 evacuated (Norway) 11/02/2010

Air and see search for 'hazardous' containers (Sweden) 11/02/2010

Major fire on naval vessel (UK) 11/02/2010

Body of tank inspector recovered (USA)  11/02/2010

Crews battle tank fire for 10 hours (USA) 04/02/2010

No luck finding leak (USA)  04/02/2010

Human error behind oil depot fire (India) 04/02/2010

3 men hurt in ammo factory explosion (Bulgaria) 04/02/2010

Fire shuts unit at refinery (Canada) 04/02/2010

5 die in firework factory blast (China) 04/02/2010

Tank fire tamed (Kuwait) 04/02/2010

Attack of the Swordfish! Swordfish attack oil pipeline (Angola)  04/02/2010

Lubricant refinery explodes (Indonesia) 21/01/2010

Power plant blast kills 1, injures 3 (Poland) 21/01/2010

Chemical plant explodes, 2 killed (China) 21/01/2010

Search continues for radioactive leak (USA) 21/01/2010

Worker dies at refinery (USA) 21/01/2010

Board to initiate investigation on accidents at chemical facility (USA) 21/01/2010

Deadly truck explosion (USA) 21/01/2010

Coal mine deaths fall in 2009 (China)  21/01/2010

Fire on platform is fatal to worker (USA) 21/01/2010

Chemical board to hold meeting on fatal gas explosion (USA)  21/01/2010

Company says cap left off leaking well (Australia) 21/01/2010

Oil tanker trapped in see ice (China) 21/01/2010

Refinery fire poses no threat to overhaul (Croatia) 21/01/2010

Vessel strikes oil platform (Norway) 21/01/2010

1 dead, another injured after chemical leak gas plant (USA) 21/01/2010

Offensive odour emanates from refinery (USA)  21/01/2010

Blast at steel plant kills 1, injures 4 (USA) 14/01/2010

Refinery hit by fire (Canada)  14/01/2010

Gas terminal fire incident tackled (UK) 14/01/2010

21 dead in covered-up gas leak (China) 14/01/2010

Radioactive leak probe (USA) 14/01/2010

Latest coal mine disaster kills 25 (China) 14/01/2010

Chemical spill at plant (New Zealand) 14/01/2010

Oil leak 'under control' (Kuwait)  14/01/2010

Chemical factory explosion kills 4 (Japan) 07/01/2010

Power station fire investigated (UK)  07/01/2010

2 die after factory explosion (Czech Republic) 07/01/2010

Nuclear plants close as floods kill 68 (Brazil)07/01/2010

Refinery trying to find cause of tank fire (USA) 07/01/2010

Nuclear plant spills tritium into lake (USA) 07/01/2010

Fire occurs in oil field (Iran) 07/01/2010

Mine deaths hit record low in 2009 (USA)  07/01/2010

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