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Worker dies after becoming pinned in machinery at Indiana steel plant
BUTLER, Ind. (AP) — A Fort Wayne man died early Friday in an industrial incident at a northeastern Indiana steel plant, authorities said. Investigators believe Kevin Hartsock was working on machinery at the Heidtman Steel plant in Butler when he became pinned inside it, the DeKalb...
Kerry challenges oil industry to prove its promised tech rescue for climate-wrecking emissions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and gas producers talk up technological breakthroughs they say will soon allow the world to drill and burn fossil fuels without worsening global warming. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says the time is here for the industry to prove it can make the technology happen — at...
Fire breaks out at Marathon refinery in Texas; 1 worker dead
TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) — A fire at a Marathon Petroleum refinery near Houston on Monday caused visible flames and left at least one worker dead, the company said. Marathon said the cause of the morning fire was under investigation. Aerial footage from Houston television stations...
Blast at Sweden ammunition factory injures at least 1
STOCKHOLM (AP) — An explosion at an ammunition factory in southern Sweden seriously injured at least one person Wednesday, police said. Police said they were investigating the blast as an industrial accident. The factory in Karlsborg, some 220 kilometers 137 miles) southwest of...
Massachusetts blast site where 1 died moves to cleanup phase
NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) — Authorities in Massachusetts on Friday identified the worker who died after a powerful explosion tore through a pharmaceutical chemical plant with a history of safety violations. Fire crews in Newburyport were still cleaning up the site, a day after what...
Worker killed in Massachusetts pharmaceutical plant blast
NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) — A worker was killed Thursday after a powerful explosion tore through a pharmaceutical chemical plant in Massachusetts, ripping the roof off the building and prompting a U.S. senator to demand accountability from the plant's owners. Acting Newburyport Fire...
Workers: 'Rotten egg' smell before chocolate factory blast
Workers at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory smelled “rotten eggs" before a powerful natural gas explosion that leveled one building, heavily damaged another and killed seven people, federal safety officials said Tuesday in a preliminary report. The National Transportation Safety...
Wisconsin's only oil refinery to reopen after 2018 explosion
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's only oil refinery is on track to be fully operational in June after a $1.2 billion effort to rebuild the facility five years following an explosion that injured three dozen workers. The 2018 explosion and subsequent fires at the facility then-owned...
Today in History: April 20, Columbine High School shooting
Today in History Today is Thursday, April 20, the 110th day of 2023. There are 255 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, leased by BP, killed 11 workers and caused...
4 firefighters die in garment factory blaze in Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Four firefighters died and nearly a dozen others were injured after a massive fire broke out in a garment factory in the southern Pakistan port city of Karachi, rescue officials and police said Thursday. The cause of the blaze, which ripped through the...
