Keyword: Explosion

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BASF Says no Fault Obvious in Ludwigshafen Blast

12.04.2017 - BASF sees itself vindicated by the results of one of preliminary investigations into a deadly accident that killed four people at its Ludwigshafen headquarters last autumn and...

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BASF Deals With Aftermath of Deadly Blast

20.10.2016 - Two days after the explosion that killed three people at BASF’s main production site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, neither a suspected cause had been officially determined nor the...

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Two Dead in BASF Ludwigshafen Blast

18.10.2016 - At least two workers were killed, six others seriously injured and another two declared missing following a powerful explosion and fire that broke out during the late morning of...

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Blast at Pemex Group VCM Plant Kills 13

22.04.2016 - An explosion and fire at a vinyl chloride monomer plant (VCM) owned by Petroquímica Mexicana de Vinilo (PMV), a joint venture between the petrochemicals arm of state-owned energy...

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Explosion Hits Dow Plant in Massachusetts

11.01.2016 - Four workers were critically injured by an explosion at Dow Chemical’s plant in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA, on Jan. 7. A fifth person was treated at the scene but was not...

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Shandong Explosion Kills at Least Nine

22.10.2015 - At least nine people are reported dead in an explosion at Shandong Tianbao Chemical Industry Corporation in eastern China on Oct. 21. The cause is under investigation. According to...

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Chemical Plant Blast Near Barcelona Injures Thre

13.02.2015 - Three people were injured in an explosion at chemical distributor Simar at Igualada, near Barcelona, Spain on Feb. 12. Due to the blast, thousands of people were forced to stay...

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Explosion at German Flame Retardant Plant Kills One Worker

02.12.2014 - One worker was killed and several others injured in an explosion and fire in a boiler at a chemical plant in Pirna, Germany, on Dec. 1. The cause of the explosion and the extent of...