Posts Tagged: explosion

Sodium Explosion Critically Burns Firefighters, Newton, Massachusetts (October 25,1993)

Author: J. Gordon Routley
Date Published: 1994
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: fatality/injury investigation, burns, explosion, industrial fire, metal processing, chemical explosion, Initiative 9

Major Propane Gas Explosion and Fire, Perryville, Maryland (July 6, 1991)

Author: Randolph E. Kirby
Date Published: Not Listed
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: hazmat response, explosion, propane, Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report

Phillips Petroleum Chemical Plant Explosion and Fire, Pasadena, Texas

Author: Jack Yates
Date Published: 1989
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: lessons-learned fire report, hazmat response, explosion, industrial fire, chemical plant, Initiative 9

Fire and Explosion at Rocket Fuel Plant, Henderson, Nevada

Author: J. Gordon Routley
Date Published: 1988
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report, explosion, industrial fire, rocket fuel

Six Firefighter Fatalities in Construction Site Explosion, Kansas City, Missouri

Author: Jack Yates
Date Published: 1988
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: construction site, Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, hazmat response, explosion, blasting agent

Two fire fighters die and eight fire fighters are injured from a silo explosion at a lumber company – Ohio

Author: Not Listed
Date Published: October 1, 2003
Publisher: NIOSH F2003-32
Keywords: Initiative 3, Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, explosion

Hardware store explosion claims the lives of three career fire fighters – New York

Author: Not Listed
Date Published: June 17, 2001
Publisher: NIOSH F2001-23
Keywords: explosion, structural firefighting hazards, Initiative, Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation

A volunteer fire fighter died and a second was seriously injured after fuel tank explosion – Iowa

Author: Not Listed
Date Published: April 7, 2007
Publisher: NIOSH F2000-25
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, explosion, hazmat response hazards

Propane tank explosion results in the death of two volunteer fire fighters, hospitalization of six other volunteer fire fighters and deputy sheriff – Iowa

Author: Not Listed
Date Published: April 9, 1998
Publisher: NIOSH 98-F14
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, explosion, BLEVE

Confined space incident kills two workers – company emloyee and rescuing fireman

Author: Not Listed
Date Published: November 15, 1984
Publisher: NIOSH 85-05
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, explosion, hazmat response hazards