Interesting...
A certain amount of industrial accidents are expected during a year's time, even in a nation that has regular safety checks and stringent safety regulations, but this is getting ridiculous.
So many industrial incidents, on such a level? I mean, we should certainly expect smaller incidents almost weekly across the nation, but these most recent incidents are fairly major on the scale.
200,000lbs of Ammonia Nitrate explodes in West, TX fertilizer plant, Six fuel barges explode in Mobile, AL on the Mobile River, Shootout at Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant in TN...dotted with other smaller incidents across the nation, primarily transformers or sub-stations.
The smaller incidents could be chalked up to dilapidated systems, overloads, ect..., however I'm not so quick to do that. Accidents do happen, but with the recent events, these should have some form of investigation preformed, just to rule out possible foul play by terror cells.
A tank containing diesel fuel has exploded during maintenance work at
Marathon Detroit Refinery, forcing a mandatory evacuation order for a
nearby area. One employee has been injured in the blast, authorities
said.
Reports of the explosion and fire came in just before 6 pm local
time.
Authorities on the ground say the explosion injured an employee.
The incident occurred during a maintenance check.
Marathon spokesman Shane Pochard tells the Detroit Free Press
the small fire Wednesday morning was extinguished quickly and the
worker had minor injuries.
More At: http://rt.com/usa/explosion-refinery-detroit-tanker-520/
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