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An 8-day long fire then consumed at least 45 acres of storage tanks and damaged nearby homes and businesses. In addition to a boy killed in his home, one Standard Oil workman died of a heart attack, another 40 were injured, and 1,500 evacuated. [49] On Nov 23, 1957, 2 workers were killed in a Whiting Standard of Indiana refinery fire. [49]
Aug. 2—State and federal inspectors are investigating two unrelated workplace deaths within Alaska's North Slope oil industry in recent months. Hilcorp Alaska, a top Alaska oil producer that has ...
Factory Worker Found Dead Buried Under Rubble After Explosion That Killed 2: Officials. David Chiu. November 13, 2024 at 12:38 PM.
The worker, a 30-year-old woman, was operating an extraction truck when the accident occurred, Codelco said. In 2020, a 33-year-old operator who worked an extraction truck was also killed in an ...
One of the vehicle drivers tried to restart their vehicle, igniting the vapor cloud. Two people were killed, three others were injured by burns, and seven buildings and seven vehicles were destroyed. [175] [184] [186] July 26 – A worker was burned by a natural gas fire while working on a Sunoco gas pipeline in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [187]
April 20, 2010: Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. 11 oil platform workers died in a natural gas blow out explosion and fire, following the sinking of the oil platform the accident resulted in a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, considered the largest offshore spill in U.S. history. [41]
A New York State Thruway Authority worker was killed and a second was injured Thursday afternoon when a tractor-trailer struck them as they were working on the highway, according to New York State ...
[There were no deaths due to deterministic effects (i.e., people receiving a high dose of radiation, rapidly becoming ill, and dying); the 100–240 figure is an estimate of the number of people who died later in life due to cancer caused by radiation from the accident [29]]. 95–4,000+ [30] [31] 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.