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Tag: explosion

Energy & Environment

Watson Grinding explosion result of bad safety protocols & poor emergency planning, feds say

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on June 30, 2023 · The report found that the explosion, which killed three people in Houston in 2020, was ignited after employees flipped a light switch inside of a room full of flammable gas.

Tags explosion Watson Grinding and Manufacturing facility

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2398: The Petersburg Crater

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 11, 2022 · Episode: 2398 A great Union Army disaster: the Battle of the Crater. Today, the Petersburg Crater.

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ExxonMobil Baytown refinery

Energy & Environment

2 injured workers file $10 million lawsuit against ExxonMobil after Baytown refinery explosion

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on December 27, 2021 · Both men suffered head injuries, major orthopedic injury to their spines, and were burned all over their bodies, according to the lawsuit.

Tags Baytown refinery explosion exxonmobil Team Industrial Services Tony Buzbee

THE AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL

President Biden Tells Kabul Attackers: ‘We Will Hunt You Down And Make You Pay’

Rachel Treisman, NPR / JONATHAN FRANKLIN, NPR

Posted on August 26, 2021 · The Pentagon says a number of service members were also wounded in the attack. A hospital says at least 60 people have arrived with injuries at the facility. Here's what we know right now.

Tags afghanistan airport explosion kabul President Biden

Energy & Environment

It’s Been 1 Year Since The Watson Explosion In Houston. What’s Being Done To Prevent More?

Katie Watkins / Dominic Anthony Walsh

Posted on January 24, 2021 · This is the first story in a series about chemical disasters in Texas. Fire Triangle is produced by Texas Public Radio in collaboration with Houston Public Media.

Tags anniversary explosion fire triangle podcast watson grinding

Energy & Environment

Houston Strengthens Regulations For Storing Hazardous Chemicals, After Watson Grinding Explosion

Katie Watkins

Posted on December 16, 2020 · The Watson, Grinding & Manufacturing plant explosion in January killed three and damaged hundreds of homes.

Tags chemical explosion explosion watson grinding

Texas

Seven Injured When Oil Storage Tank Explosion Rocks Corpus Christi’s Refinery Region

Jerry Clayton, TPR

Posted on December 7, 2020 · The explosion site was at the Magellan Midstream storage tank facility, near the turning basins for tankers and other ships that enter the industrial port channel.

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City of Houston

Watson Grinding Files For Bankruptcy After Deadly Northwest Houston Explosion

Paul DeBenedetto

Posted on February 6, 2020 · The company also announced it would lay off 80 employees in a move Mayor Sylvester Turner said left him "surprised and disappointed."

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News

1 Dead, 12 Hurt In Construction Explosion At Gatesville Hospital

Associated Press

Posted on June 27, 2018 · Witnesses say a generator exploded in an addition to the hospital that was under construction

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UPDATE: Texas Hospital Spokeswoman Says Four Injured In Explosion

HPM Digital Team / Associated Press

Posted on June 26, 2018 · Witnesses say a generator exploded in an addition to the hospital that was under construction.

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Explosive Device Caused Damage At St. Stephens Episcopal Church In Beaumont

HPM Digital Team

Posted on May 10, 2018 · All Saints’ Episcopal School has been evacuated and the church and the school will remain closed until further notice

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Explosion Destroys Barn, Injures 9 During Police Standoff In Connecticut

Bill Chappell, NPR

Posted on May 3, 2018 · An explosion in a suburban neighborhood in North Haven, Conn., ended a standoff with a man who was suspected of holding his wife against her will

Tags connecticut explosion Police Standoff

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UPDATE: No Injuries Reported In Explosion At Valero Refinery In Texas City

HPM Digital Team

Posted on April 19, 2018 · All personnel have been accounted for and there have been no injuries or fatalities

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News

Recovery Continues In West 5 Years After Plant Explosion

Associated Press

Posted on April 17, 2018 · The town saw some leave after the blast to start their lives over and has seen some return

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News

Gas Leaks Detected In Dallas Neighborhood Weeks Before Fatal Explosion, Report Says

Molly Evans, KERA

Posted on March 23, 2018 · Several other leaks have since been identified throughout the neighborhood

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2398: The Petersburg Crater

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 11, 2022 · Episode: 2398 A great Union Army disaster: the Battle of the Crater. Today, the Petersburg Crater.

Tags Black troops Burnside Century Magazine Roshomon Cold Mountain civil war confederate explosion Meade mine Petersburg Robert E. Lee tunneling Ulysses Grant Union Army VIrginia

ExxonMobil Baytown refinery

Energy & Environment

2 injured workers file $10 million lawsuit against ExxonMobil after Baytown refinery explosion

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on December 27, 2021 · Both men suffered head injuries, major orthopedic injury to their spines, and were burned all over their bodies, according to the lawsuit.

Tags Baytown refinery explosion exxonmobil Team Industrial Services Tony Buzbee

THE AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL

President Biden Tells Kabul Attackers: ‘We Will Hunt You Down And Make You Pay’

Rachel Treisman, NPR / JONATHAN FRANKLIN, NPR

Posted on August 26, 2021 · The Pentagon says a number of service members were also wounded in the attack. A hospital says at least 60 people have arrived with injuries at the facility. Here's what we know right now.

Tags afghanistan airport explosion kabul President Biden

Energy & Environment

It’s Been 1 Year Since The Watson Explosion In Houston. What’s Being Done To Prevent More?

Katie Watkins / Dominic Anthony Walsh

Posted on January 24, 2021 · This is the first story in a series about chemical disasters in Texas. Fire Triangle is produced by Texas Public Radio in collaboration with Houston Public Media.

Tags anniversary explosion fire triangle podcast watson grinding

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