All Incident articles – Page 5
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BusinessWest Virginia chemical leak was preventable
2014 spill that contaminated water supplies was caused by lack of proper tank inspections and repairs
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BusinessAccidents prompt Chinese industry safety push
Government aims to close or relocate chemical plants to reduce incidents in populated areas
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BusinessRohm and Haas fined for safety violations
Fines relate to a trimethylaluminium explosion that injured four in January
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BusinessDeadly US fertiliser plant blast was deliberately set
Fire that caused West Fertilizer explosion was a ‘criminal act,’ US agency concludes
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BusinessDuPont shutters US plant where leak killed four workers
La Porte plant will not reopen after fatal methyl mercaptan leak in 2014
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BusinessTwo dead in explosion at Chinese chemical plant
Five others injured when wastewater treatment device detonated
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BusinessClinical trial death highlights hazards
Pain drug trial has left one dead and five hospitalised in France, with little indication as to the cause of the problems
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Fatal blast at US peroxide plant
One dead and three injured in an equipment explosion at PeroxyChem in Texas
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Indian chemical factory accident kills four
Fatal explosion at private aluminium powder factory
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Carbon dioxide leak at US coffee plant prompts federal probe
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating a fatal incident at a Texas decaffeination plant
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Nine dead in China plant blast
Explosion in Shandong province latest of several incidents in Chinese chemical plants
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Safety board fills in details of deadly DuPont leak
In interim investigation has outlined the events and safety failings leading to a methyl mercaptan release that killed four workers
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BusinessBayer CropScience pays $5.6m to settle 2008 accident charges
Fine will fund environmental projects, fire department upgrades and wastewater treatment facilities
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BusinessDeadly chemical blast at Chinese port
Explosion at warehouse in Tianjin kills at least 50 and injures hundreds, while ammonia leak sparks mass evacuations in Nanchong
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Three dead in Chinese petrochemical plant fire
Further four workers injured after leaking oil ignited at Qingyang Petrochemical plant in Gansu province
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BusinessUS regulator says DuPont’s safety programme ‘failed’
The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration has again proposed to fine DuPont after uncovering ‘repeated’ and ‘serious’ lapses in the company’s worker safety programme
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Blast kills six at South Korean chemical plant
One further worker injured as tank explodes during welding work
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DuPont fined over fatal leak
Company lacked proper safety procedures to prevent deaths of four workers in methyl mercaptan leak
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Judge refuses Freedom Industries’ bankruptcy plan
Court says $6.7m proposal from the company responsible for huge West Virginia chemical spill is inadequate