2009
Explosion at chemical plant injures 2 (USA)
17/12/2009
Blast at refinery kills 1 (Russia)
10/12/2009
Toxic leak at port forces mass evacuation (Thailand)
03/12/2009
Coal-mine explosion death toll rises to
104 (China)
26/11/2009
Blasts rock ammunition depot, 2 killed (Russia)
19/11/2009
Homes damaged in blast at nearby refinery (USA)
12/11/2009
12 dead, over 200 injured in oil depot
fire (India)
05/11/2009
Firefighters work to contain massive fuel
blaze (Puerto Rico)
21/10/2009
Asphalt cleanup ignites a blast (USA)
21/10/2009
Mine lift accident kills 26 (China)
14/10/2009
Results of probe into hydropower plant
disaster announced (Russia)
07/10/2009
Air quality tested after refinery fire (USA)
30/09/2009
Fire guts major power station 2 dead, 40
hospitalised (Zambia)
23/09/2009
Workers killed in blast at zinc refinery (South Africa)
16/09/2009
35 dead, 44 trapped in mine blast (China)
09/09/2009
Vital equipment to battle oil spill
delayed (Australia)
02/09/2009
Authorities assess options in oil spill
disaster (Australia)
26/08/2009
Explosion at hydroelectric plant leaves up
to 76 workers dead (Russia)
19/08/2009
Deadly mine explosion, 20 feared dead (Slovakia)
12/08/2009
Chemical fire
forces evacuation of 72,000 (USA)
05/08/2009
Fire 'a very close call' as oil tank explodes (USA)
29/07/2009
2 dead in explosion at petrochemical plant (France)
22/07/2009
Miners rescued after 25 days ordeal (China)
15/07/2009
Blaze at
meatpacking plant causes evacuation (USA)
08/07/2009
Fireball kills at
least 13 as train carrying liquefied natural gas
details in residential neighbourhood (Italy)
01/07/2009
Huge blaze leaves 1 dead after
freight train derails (USA)
25/06/2009
Crews find 3rd body inside plant explosion rubble (USA)
18/06/2009
6 dead, 9 missing in coal mine
accident (Ukraine)
11/06/2009
Safety board issues final report on
catastrophic fertilizer tank collapse; Board calls
for regulation of similar tanks (USA)
04/06/2009
3 workers die at refinery, inhaled
fumes (Sardinia)
27/05/2009
Fire at oil refinery contained (USA)
20/05/2009
Huge fire after gas pipeline blast (Russia)
13/05/2009
Deadly blast rocks
city (Tanzania)
07/05/2009
Hole not the first found at nuclear power
plant (USA)
29/04/2009
Fire broke out on
nuclear submarine (UK)
22/04/2009
Tragedy as blast rips through factory (UK)
15/04/2009
16 dead in helicopter tragedy (UK)
08/04/2009
Chemical inferno damages dozens of homes
after chemical depot explosion (Brazil)
02/04/2009
Oil Giant alone held liable for oil depot
explosion (UK)
26/03/2009
Beaches declared disaster zones after oil
spill (Australia)
19/03/2009
New fire at quake-damaged nuclear power
plant (Japan)
12/03/2009
Workers burned in spill (Singapore)
05/03/2009
Mine blast kills
74, traps dozens (China)
25/02/2009
Tanker catches fire after accident (United Arab Emirates)
18/02/2009
Explosion at power plant injures 6 (USA)
11/02/2009
Hundreds killed or hurt in tanker blast (Kenya)
04/02/2009
Blaze injures 7 at refinery (Venezuela) 28/01/2009
Large explosion,
fire at fuel depot (Indonesia) 21/01/2009
Injuries and evacuations after explosion
at refinery (USA) 15/01/2009
Two refinery fires created some Christmas
fireworks (USA) 08/01/2009
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2008
800 evacuated from
oil refinery after fire (Australia) 18/12/2008
Refinery fire shuts gasoline unit (The Netherlands) 11/12/2008
Lucky escape for workers at chemical blast plant (UK) 04/12/2008
Massive refinery fire (USA) 26/11/2008
Fire shuts down oil refinery (South
Africa) 19/11/2008
Fire alarm sent deadly gases into sub (Russia) 12/11/2008
Oil-well explosion
kills 2, injures 4 others (USA) 05/11/2008
Nine injured after
explosion rocks plastics plant (Canada) 30/10/2008
2 men die in blast at oil rig (USA) 23/10/2008
1 dead, 3 injured in deadly industrial
explosion (USA) 16/10/2008
Hurricane caused half-million gallons of
crude oil to spill (USA) 09/10/2008
Pipeline at oil
terminal plant explodes, injures 2 (USA) 02/10/2008
Huge blaze breaks out at port (UAE) 25/09/2008
Fire at nuclear plant injured 1 (China) 18/09/2008
Helicopter crash
kills 7, shuts oilfield (UAE) 11/09/2008
1 killed, 1 injured in chemical plant
blast (USA) 04/09/2008
Another fuel tank
goes up in flames (Malaysia) 21/08/2008
Explosions at propane facility kills
firefighter, forces evacuations (Canada) 14/08/2008
Explosion at refinery injures 4 (USA) 07/08/2008
$8.7 million fine
against sugar company (USA) 31/07/2008
4 dead, 7 injured after crane collapse at
refinery (USA) 24/07/2008
CSB determines
massive propane fire at refinery resulted from water
freezing and cracking idle section of process piping (USA) 17/07/2008
The day the sea caught fire: 20 years
after an offshore oil disaster, the survivors are
finally able to tell their story (UK) 10/07/2008
CSB Issues Final Report on Explosion,
Calls on OSHA and Trade Associations to Improve... (USA) 03/07/2008
Sugar mill
'closed indefinitely' after explosion, 9 trapped (Australia) 26/06/2008
Body found in
debris of chemical plant explosion (USA) 19/06/2008
Lightning
strike
sends hundreds of thousands of gallons of gasoline
up in smoke (USA) 12/06/2008
1 dead, 4 injured in refinery blast (Russia) 05/06/2008
Chemical
blaze kills 30 (Iran) 29/05/2008
100
killed in pipeline inferno (Nigeria) 22/05/2008
1 of 6 hurt in oil
field gas explosion dies (USA) 15/05/2008
Faulty pipe blamed for refinery explosion (USA) 08/05/2008
2 dead in plant explosion (USA) 01/05/2008
Final CSB Report
on EQ Hazardous Waste Fire and Community... (USA) 24/04/2008
2 die in nuclear
plant accident (Pakistan) 17/04/2008
Three die in plant
explosion (Russia) 10/04/2008
Oil giant says
fire at pipeline to terminal (Nigeria) 03/04/2008
Major fire at
petrochemical site (Germany) 19/03/2008
Death toll from blast rises to 9 (Albania) 19/03/2008
Administration uncovers slew of refinery
violations (USA) 12/03/2008
Major gas terminal blaze put out (UK) 05/03/2008
Smelter explosion kills 5 as manganese
poisoning probe restarts 5 (South Africa) 27/02/2008
Explosion at oil refinery hurts 5 (USA) 20/02/2008
2 still missing after sugar refinery (USA) 13/02/2008
Crews battle refinery
propane leak and fire in latest string of problems (USA) 06/02/2008
3 severely burning in
oil explosion (USA) 30/01/2008
Coal mine blast kills
20 (China) 23/01/2008
5 killed, 33 injured in
chemical plant explosion (China) 16/01/2008
Major fire damages oil
refinery (Norway) 09/01/2008
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2007
Big oil spill near rig (Norway) 18/12/2007
Supertanker oil spill reaches
shoreline (Korea) 11/12/2007
2 workers killed in pipeline fire (USA) 04/12/2007
'Serious' oil blaze extinguished (UK) 27/11/2007
Death toll reaches 80 in mine blast (Ukraine) 19/11/2007
Death toll rises in oil
disaster (Russia) 12/11/2007
Inquiry into refinery fire
begins (UK) 05/11/2007
Search for oil rig accident survivors (Mexico) 29/10/2007
Tank catches fire at refinery (USA) 22/10/2007
Tunnel scene of deadly inferno (USA) 16/10/2007
5 dead in power-plant fire (USA) 08/10/2007
Explosions and fireballs as harbour in
flames (South Africa) 24/09/2007
Scores killed in plane crash (Thailand) 18/09/2007
Huge blast at chemical plant (UK) 13/09/2007
MSHA proposes new standards for
underground coal mine rescue teams (USA) 06/09/2007
Massive fire engulfs port (UAE) 21/08/2007
Oil workers rescued after fire on
platform (UK) 15/08/2007
Efforts to reach and rescue 6 miners failing (USA) 07/08/2007
Fire rocks fuel depot (USA) 30/07/2007
Poison threat from train (Ukraine) 25/07/2007
Lighting sets fire to a
tank at refinery (USA) 16/07/2007
Raging floodwaters cause refinery oil spill (USA) 08/07/2007
Internal reviews completed into 3 fatal mine accidents (USA) 03/07/2007
Huge explosions hit chemical industrial
plant (USA) 26/06/2007
110 killed in gas blast (Korea) 19/06/2007
CSB issues case study on fatal oilfield
explosion, recommending OSHA programme to inspect oil
and gas production facilities (USA) 12/06/2007
Major blaze at chemical works (UK) 04/06/2007
Short circuit blamed for methane
explosion in mine that killed 39 (Russia) 29/05/2007
MSHA takes immediate action to
strengthen mine safety (USA) 21/05/2007
5 killed in chemical plant blast (China) 14/05/2007
Fatal fire hits refinery (Singapore) 08/05/2007
Lightning starts fire and causes explosion at oil
refinery (USA) 30/04/2007
300 hospitalised after chemical leak (China) 24/04/2007
8 feared dead as search is called off (UK) 17/04/2007
Oil well explosion injures 2 (USA) 10/04/2007
Buncefield major incident
investigation board publish recommendations on the
design and operation of fuel storage sites (UK) 03/04/2007
20 dead in mine blast (China) 27/03/2007
U.S. Chemical Safety Board Investigators conclude
'Organisational & safety deficiencies...' (USA) 20/03/2007
Thousand evacuated after train explosion (USA) 13/03/2007
Jet explodes on landing (Indonesia) 05/03/2007
Bosses slammed over nuclear leak (UK) 28/02/2007
Refinery fire doused after 19 hurt (USA) 20/02/2007
Explosions at chemical plant ruled accidental (USA) 13/02/2007
4 die in refinery fire (India) 06/02/2007
Refinery shut after fire (USA) 30/01/2007
2 workers die as tunnel collapses (USA) 23/01/2007
BP savaged in blast report (USA) 16/01/2007
37 injured in chemical leak (UK) 08/01/2007
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2006
Pipeline victims mourned (Nigeria) 27/12/2006
Guilt admitted on fatal blast (UK) 18/12/2006
Buncefield explosion 1 year
on (UK) 12/12/2006
2 fire officers killed and
civilians injured in massive explosion (UK) 05/12/2006
Chemical cloud hits town (Serbia) 21/11/2006
Fatal gas pipeline explosion (USA) 14/11/2006
Blast and fire at refinery (Kuwait) 07/11/2006
Blaze at refinery 'under control' (India) 31/10/2006
$2.3 million for oil spill (USA) 24/10/2006
Fire damaged oil refinery (Lithuania) 17/10/2006
17,000 people flee toxic fire (USA) 10/10/2006
Firefighters contain blaze at refinery (USA) 03/10/2006
41 killed in methane explosion mine (Kazakhstan) 26/09/2006
BP reviews its operations (USA) 19/09/2006
Tyre fire near oil site sparks major alert (UK) 12/09/2006
Nuclear firm fined £2m (UK) 05/09/2006
Scores die in train crash (Egypt) 21/08/2006
Worker in refinery fire dies (UK) 14/08/2006
Radioactive spills at
troubled nuclear plant (Czech Republic) 07/08/2006
Blast at oil refinery (Indonesia) 30/07/2006
Fire extinguished at
refinery (Venezuela) 24/07/2006
Firms warned after Buncefield (UK) 17/07/2006
Toxic leak hospitalises 160 (China) 10/07/2006
CSB releases trailer blast
damage information from BP Texas City accident (USA) 03/07/2006
HSE publishes initial feedback from Buncefield safety
alert (UK) 26/06/2006
Expert explains how lighting sparked fire (USA) 19/06/2006
Final Report from US
Chemical Safety Board on 2004 Explosion calls on Houston
to enact stricter pressure vessel regulations USA 12/06/2006
Inquiry into chemical
plant blast (UK) 06/06/2006
Kawasaki oil tank explodes 22/05/2006
Buncefield tank 'was overflowing' 12/05/2006
Lighting strikes depot 08/05/2006
Port Arthur Plant explosion sent smoke pouring into the
sky 02/05/2006
Drinking water supplies threatened by pollution from oil
depot fire 24/04/2006
Japan's Cosmo Oil closes refinery unit after fire 17/04/2006
ew framework for the fire and rescue service published 10/04/2006
At least 57 dead after passenger ship sinks off Bahrain 02/04/2006
Ruling casts doubt on nuclear plant safety 27/03/2006
Oil workers airlifted from rig blaze 20/03/2006
Alaska hit by 'massive' oil spill 13/03/2006
Blast at West Virginia Power Plant traps workers 06/03/2006
Saudi's 'foil oil facility attack' 27/02/2006
Buncefield investigation board publishes progress report 21/02/2006
Plane skids off runway at JFK airport 13/02/2006
Ferry sinks in Red Sea 06/02/2006
Huge oil spill off Queensland coast - 'worst in 30
years' 31/01/2006
BP explosion blamed on 'culture of safety' 23/01/2006
Fuel depot fire could prompt changes to HSE hazard
planning advice 16/01/2006
Confusion adds to tragedy at mine blast 09/01/2006
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