BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a man has died following a chemical tank explosion at a fertilizer plant in southwest Georgia. Bainbridge Public Safety officer Jerry Carter says the explosion occurred around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Liquid Transfer Terminals in Bainbridge. Carter says…
CONROE, Texas (AP) — A series of explosions rocked an oil filed chemical supply company north of Houston on Friday, setting off a fire that sent a broad, dense column of thick, black smoke towering into the otherwise blue skies.…
I am honored to begin my five year term as Chemical Safety Board Chairperson and Member. I look forward to a highly productive and collaborative experience with my fellow board members and the CSB's staff. I have spent the…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California agency that investigates workplace accidents has cited and fined ExxonMobil more than $560,000 for workplace safety and health violations following a probe into February's explosion at a Los Angeles-area refinery. The California Division of…
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Environment Ministry has put in place a 24-hour monitoring system for pollutants from explosions this month at a port and will report accurate and timely data to the public, it said on Friday. The blasts at…
BOGOTA - Four miners were killed in an explosion caused by an accumulation of methane gas at the San Patricio mine in Socha, a city in the central Colombian province of Boyaca, officials said Tuesday. "The incident occurred around 7:00…
An explosion rocked a Petrobras fuel depot at Brazil’s Port of Tubarão on Wednesday and left two workers dead. According to Reuters, the blast occurred at a heating unit located at a fuel depot for ocean-going ships near Vitória, Brazil.…
A blaze erupted at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s yard in Okpo, South Korea on Monday, killing two workers and injuring seven others. The fire started during welding work on a very large gas carrier (VLGC) that is under construction at…
An initial report on a British Airways plane which caught fire at a Las Vegas airport suggests engine parts flew out and landed on the runway. The US's National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the casing around a key component…
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in Tianjin say massive explosions and fires this week at a warehouse for hazardous materials have so far not caused any detectable air or water contamination, citing samples taken at 17 locations. However, they say they…
