Four residents of Odidi community in Delta State, a mother and her three daughters, on Tuesday died due to an oil spill. Reports said they died after an explosion arising from fire outbreak following the oil spillage. At press time,…
A crash involving a tanker transporting petrol on the road between Villahermosa and Coatzacoalcos in Tabasco province, southeastern Mexico, killed at least ten and injured at least 20, according to local sources. Some of the dead and injured were children.…
Two workers were killed and three others were injured in an incident at a Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) LPG pipeline in Nalgonda, about 140 km from Hyderabad, on April 4.The incident occurred on the Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam LPG pipeline, and…
Four oil rig workers were killed and 16 injured when a fire broke out on an oil production platform in the oil-rich Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico early on April 1, Mexico’s state-run petro-giant Pemex said. Local…
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship on Tuesday entered another plea of not guilty to federal charges stemming from the deadliest U.S. mine disaster in four decades. Blankenship entered his plea at an arraignment hearing in…
China's Coal Mine Deaths At Record Low China has announced continuing progress in reducing coal mine fatalities, although doubts remain about death counts and cover-ups in one of the most dangerous industries in the world. On March 10, the director…
HOUSTON, March 11 (Reuters) - An explosion has killed three people and injured one at an oil and gas field in West Texas, a spokesman for well owner Parsley Energy Inc. said on Wednesday. "Our thoughts are with the families,"…
A director of a mine in a rebel-held part of east Ukraine has been arrested over a blast that killed 34 miners last week, separatist press service DAN reported on Monday, quoting prosecutors. The man, who was not named, was…
CSB Releases Technical Analysis Detailing Likely Causes of 2010 Zinc Explosion and Fire at Zinc Facility that Killed Two Operators, Injured a Third Washington, DC, March 11, 2015 – The July 2010 explosion and fire at the former Horsehead zinc…
RAFAEL MOURE-ERASO Good morning, and welcome to this U.S. Chemical Safety Board I am Rafael Moure-Eraso, Chairperson of the CSB. The purpose of today’s briefing is to provide an update on our ongoing investigation into the fatal methyl…
