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Burn Awareness Week 2019: Preventing Scald Burn Injuries

This year's theme of National Burn Awareness Week (February 4 - 9, 2019)  is preventing scald burns at home. The American Burn Association (ABA), which created the annual awareness campaign, has compiled information to help prevent these painful…
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Two Injured in Goose Island Explosion And Fire

Two people were injured in a Goose Island explosion and fire on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. A fire broke out at Sipi Metals Corporation, 1720 North Elston Avenue on Chicago's north side. In a news report, CBS2 described the incident as an explosion…
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After Irving Gas Explosion, Atmos Ordered to Investigate Couplings

Texas regulators ordered Atmos Energy to inspect gas pipeline couplings installed throughout North Texas after faulty installation of a coupling was linked to a gas explosion that destroyed an occupied home in Irving last year. In the hours…
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Propane Explosion at Xtreme Body & Paint Injures 1 in Jefferson City, MO

The owner of Xtreme Body & Paint in Jefferson City, MO suffered severe burns in a propane explosion there early this morning.  The blast occurred around 4:30 a.m. just after Chris Russell had gone into the garage to get a tractor to plow…
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Explosion at Aegion Coating in Conroe, TX Injures 2

Two electricians sustained serious burns when a high-voltage electrical panel inside Aegion Coating Service's plant in Conroe, TX exploded yesterday. Both employees were transported to the hospital for treatment of burns. Aegion Coating Services…
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Enbridge Gas Pipeline Explosion Injures 2 in Noble County, Ohio

An Enbridge pipeline explosion in Noble County, Ohio injured two people yesterday morning. One of them was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Marietta. Information about the other injured person was not made available. The blast, which occurred…
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OSHA Report Bolsters Gas Explosion Lawsuit

Explosion and fire investigators slapped maximum fines against two utility contractors that failed to mark an underground gas line on a digging project. The serious safety violations  cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration…
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Aging Gas Pipelines in Crosshairs of Proposed Texas Reforms

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Explosion in Middletown, CT Injures 4

An explosion and fire in Middletown, CT this morning injured four people who have been taken to the hospital. Firefighters were called to the scene on Saybrook Road around 6:20 a.m. There they found four people with injuries outside and transported…
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Saylorville Lake Boat Explosion Injures 3 in Iowa

Three people were injured in a boat explosion on Saylorville Lake just north of Des Moines, Iowa on Memorial Day. Officials said eight people were aboard the boat when accumulated gas fumes ignited and the boat exploded in the late afternoon.…
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Neighbors Rescue Veteran from Memorial Day Explosion in Berlin, CT

Neighbors rescued an 83-year-old Marine Corps veteran trapped in the flaming wreckage of his Berlin, CT home after it exploded on Memorial Day. A gas leak is the suspected source of the blast that leveled the home on Christian Ave. When…
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Boat Explosion on Lake Eufaula in Oklahoma Injures 2

Two people were injured in a boat explosion on Lake Eufaula in Oklahoma on May 23 injured. One of them, Ashley Jansson, 36, of Kansas, sustained multiple burns, she is in critical condition at a Tulsa-area hospital. Johnny Marshall, 41, sustained…
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