Feds say unsafe power supply caused leak, evacuations around Pa. plant last yearOctober 5th, 2009 Feds: Unsafe power supply caused Pa. chemical leakPETROLIA, Pa.
Chemical spill at W.Va. plant sends 1 worker to hospital, triggers lockdown for 200 residentsSeptember 8th, 2009 Shelter order for 200 lifted after WVa toxic spillHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A factory employee was treated for exposure to a toxic chemical Tuesday and about 200 people were ordered to stay indoors for several hours after a railroad tanker leak.
1 worker treated, 200 residents ordered to stay indoors after chemical spill at W.Va. plantSeptember 8th, 2009 200 ordered to stay indoors after WVa toxic spillHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A factory employee was treated for exposure to a toxic chemical Tuesday and about 200 people were ordered to stay indoors after a railroad car leak in southern West Virginia.
Possible mustard agent leak detected at chemical weapons depot in ColoradoAugust 24th, 2009 Possible leak detected at chemical weapons depotPUEBLO, Colo. — The Army says a low level of mustard agent has been detected in a building storing chemical weapons at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.
Chemical leak at Mass. disposal company sends 100-plus to hospitals, leaves 2 critically hurtAugust 4th, 2009 Mass. chemical leak sends 100-plus to hospitalsNEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Noxious fumes at a trash disposal facility sent 119 people to hospitals Monday, including two who were listed in critical condition.
3 reported critical after chemical leak at Mass. disposal company sends dozens to hospitalAugust 3rd, 2009 3 reported critical after Mass. chemical leakNEW BEDFORD, Mass.
Chemical leak at Massachusetts disposal company knocks out 6, sends 26 to hospitalAugust 3rd, 2009 Mass. chemical leak sends 26 to hospitalNEW BEDFORD, Mass. — An official with the Massachusetts Fire Marshal's Office says six people fell unconscious and 26 people were transported to hospitals following exposure to unknown fumes at a trash disposal company.
Chemical leak at Mass. disposal company leaves 2 critically injured, sends dozens to hospitalAugust 3rd, 2009 Mass. chemical leak leaves 2 critically injuredNEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Noxious fumes at a trash disposal facility sent 55 people to hospitals on Monday, including two who were listed in critical condition.
1 woman dead after 1,800 gallons of ammonia leak near chemical distribution facility in SCJuly 15th, 2009 Official: 1 woman dead after ammonia leak in SCCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina authorities say a woman was killed and a half-dozen people taken to a hospital after 1,800 gallons of ammonia leaked from a tanker truck.
Federal jury in Kentucky awards $1.25 million in DuPont chemical leak caseJuly 14th, 2009 Federal jury awards $1.25 million in chemical leakLOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal jury has ordered DuPont to pay more than $1.25 million to six people who were injured when fuming sulfuric acid spilled from an eastern Kentucky plant five years ago.
Truck wreck with hazardous material closes Interstate 40 for 20 miles in NC mountainsJune 24th, 2009 Interstate 40 closed by wreck near NC-Tenn. lineWAYNESVILLE, N.C.
22 hospitalized while attending Mass at church near San Diego; hazmat crews find no gas leakJune 13th, 2009 22 fall ill at Calif. church; no gas leak foundCORONADO, Calif.
Chemicals left in barrels in eastern China sickens 26 peopleApril 22nd, 2009 26 people sickened by chemical leak in east ChinaBEIJING — A Chinese state news agency says 26 people have been poisoned from chemicals left in old barrels outside a residential block in eastern China. The official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday that the people became sick in Jinyun county in Zhejiang province after a chemical company sold 100 iron barrels with some chemicals inside to a man who left them 10 meters (yards) from a residential block.
Vapor cloud from 27,000-gallon chemical spill dissipating hours after leak is containedApril 18th, 2009 Vapor cloud from Ohio chemical leak dissipatingDOVER, Ohio — A large hydrochloric acid spill early Saturday at an east-central Ohio plant that makes chemical additives spawned a massive vapor cloud that took hours to dissipate, officials said. No injuries were reported.
Three Indians killed in chemical leak at Singapore plantMarch 1st, 2009 SINGAPORE - Three Indian workers were killed and two others badly injured in a toxic spill at a chemical plant in Singapore, officials said Sunday. The workers suffered severe burns Friday when nitric acid leaked from a heat exchange unit of the Chemic Industries plant located in Tuas, an industrial zone in the southwest of Singapore.
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