All Incident articles – Page 5
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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
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Fatal blast at Indian chemical plant
One worker killed and four injured at Survival Technologies plant in Ankleshwar
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MFG Chemical fined after worker dies
Company cited for multiple safety failings before the fatal incident
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Freedom Industries’ president arrested for fraud
Executive whose company leaked MCHM into West Virginian water supplies is charged with lying to deflect blame
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DuPont quantifies scale of deadly chemical leak
10.4 tonnes of methyl mercaptan were released in La Porte, US
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BusinessMethyl mercaptan leak kills four workers
Cause of accident at US DuPont plant is still under investigation
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Deadly explosion at Japanese silicon plant
Five killed and several more injured at Mitsubishi Materials site
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NewsUS not accurately tracking serious chemical accidents
Even America’s best chemical incident data is only 10% accurate, a Dallas Morning News investigation has found
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BusinessTexas plant explosion prompts calls for stricter rules
The incident was caused by unregulated and improper storage of ammonium nitrate, investigators find
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NewsBlast kills 33 at Chinese explosives plant
Investigators are examining whether unsafe working conditions contributed to the accident
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BusinessDeadly blast destroys US fertiliser plant
Up to 15 dead and over 160 injured in a fire and explosion in Waco, Texas
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BP to pay £4.5 billion for disaster
Company will plead guilty to criminal charges including felony manslaughter
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Questions remain after huge hydrofluoric acid leak
Korean residents in the affected zone are still afraid to return home six weeks after the disaster that killed five workers