January 3, 2019
A design flaw may have played a role in an April 2018 explosion at Husky Energy’s oil refinery in Superior, WI that injured 20 people, according to a recent report by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). The…
December 18, 2018
Explosion lawyers Fred Pritzker and Eric Hageman condemned the failures of a horizontal drilling company and two other firms involved in a botched, deadly installation of underground conduit that blew up in Canton, Illinois. The attorneys, who represent burn victims…
December 14, 2018
Updated 12/21/18 An explosion at the Markwest Energy natural gas processing plant in Washington, PA on December 14, 2018, injured four people. All four were airlifted to nearby hospitals for treatment of burns and other explosion injuries. One of them Jeffrey…
November 23, 2018
A house explosion in the 600 block of Payne Ave. in St. Paul injured one person this morning. John Lundahl, the 80-year-old property owner, was transported to Region Hospital where he is being treated for burns and other explosion injuries. The blast,…
November 5, 2018
Three adults and two children were injured in an apartment explosion in Greenwood, SC on November 4. One of the children suffered a skull fracture and at least one of the adults was airlifted to the JMS Burn Center in…
September 19, 2018
Two people were injured in an explosion and fire at a metal processing plant in Minneapolis’ Marcy-Holmes neighborhood this afternoon. The blast, which is believed to have originated in a metal dust collector at Metal-Matic Inc., located at 629 SE 2nd St., occurred around…
August 20, 2018
A gas line ruptured by a nearby construction crew caused the August 18 explosion at the Coffee Corner in Homerville, Georgia that seriously injured three people, investigators have determined. Baylee Tolle, Emily Tolle and Anna O’Guin were inside the coffee shop…
July 26, 2018
Two men were injured when a propane dryer exploded in Leslie Township, MI on July 24 igniting a fire that completely destroyed the home located at 1090 Vaughn Road. The men, who are brothers, were able to get themselves out of…
June 18, 2018
A father and son suffered third-degree burns when a propane leak caused a house explosion in Waldoboro, ME on June 14. Robert Keefe, 59, and his son, Ryan Keefe, 29, both from Dracut, MA were repairing the home on 1038 Dutch Neck…
June 13, 2018
After a rental house exploded in Roswell, GA, two young men are in the ICU at Grady Memorial Hospital with second-degree and third-degree burns over 50 percent of their bodies. Roommates Win Reid, Brendan Morton and Pat Sammons, all in…
May 23, 2018
A 51-year-old man was injured in a May 21 house explosion in Benson, MN. Brian Orsten sustained burns to his hands and face when the house, located in the 1300 Block of Highway 9 Northeast, exploded. Benson is located about two and…
May 15, 2018
Federal officials have retained a metallurgical expert to help with the investigation of the Husky Energy Refinery explosion in Superior, WI. A team from the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has been at the scene since April 26 when the blast…