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Safety improvements will be made at Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) depots as a result of an incident in Alexandra last year. Read Full Article

A munitions company and its chief operating officer have been found guilty of failing to maintain a safe workplace after a fatal explosion killed three workers and injured two others. Read Full Article

A coal mine explosion in central China has killed 46 workers.  The State Work Safety Administration says 72 workers were trapped when a gunpowder store blew up at a coal mine in central China's Henan province. Read Full Article

BP knew of problems with an offshore well hours before it exploded last month, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, a House committee chairman said Wednesday. Read Full Article

A man has suffered third-degree burns in a gas explosion at a school in Sydney's south-west.

The 54-year-old school crossing guard suffered the burns to 60 per cent of his body when the explosion ripped through the canteen of Unity Grammar College in Austral around 9:00am (AEDT). Read Full Article

ABC News has reported a massive explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems power plant at Middletown Connecticut 188km northeast of New York City.
 
The Force of the explosion was so powerful it shook the ground and was heard at least 16km away. Portions of the building were completely blown away … others were turned to rubble.
 
At a news conference a few hours after the explosion it was left to the mayor of Middletown, Sebastian Giuliano, to voice what everyone else had been wondering about:
 
"It was a gas explosion, terrorism has been ruled out," he said. Read Full Article