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- 02 October 2024
A solvents manufacturer has been fined following an explosion at its factory in the Scottish Borders. The blast at Rathburn Chemicals in Walkerburn on 10 January 2020 resulted in a…
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- 31 July 2024
An explosion and subsequent fire left 15 people injured at BASF’s Ludwigshafen chemical complex in Germany on 29 July. The chemical giant said in a statement that an organic solvent…
View full post »- 11 July 2024
A manufacturer of military explosives has been fined £670,000 after an employee was killed and another seriously injured in an explosion at a factory near Salisbury, UK. The two men…
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- 04 July 2024
A fire broke out following an explosion at a hydrogen fuelling station in near Augsburg, Germany on 26 June, forcing the facility to be closed down just one week after…
View full post »- 27 June 2024
A fire caused by exploding lithium batteries at a factory in South Korea killed 22 workers and injured eight others on 24 June. The incident happened at a facility owned…
View full post »- 10 June 2024
An explosion at a liquid nitriding facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee killed one person on 30 May. The worker was initially rushed to hospital with serious injuries but was later confirmed…
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