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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Stockline Plastics factory explosion
		On May 11, 2004 the Stockline Plastics factory, in the Woodside district of Glasgow in western Scotland, exploded, killing nine people, including two company directors, and injuring 37, of whom around 15 were seriously wounded.
		The cause of the explosion is not yet known, although some press coverage has reported eyewitness accounts of gas industrial ovens in the coating department exploding although these have been shown to be unlikely as the gas ovens used on site have been found intact.
		Although regularly referred to as the "Stockline Plastics factory", largely due to the signage around the building, the factory was owned by ICL Plastics and indeed a large majority of the work that took place there was for ICL Technical Plastics.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Stockline-Plastics-factory-explosion (1436 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		An article in the Scotsman newspaper of October 5, 2004 stated that the HSE was investigating the possibility that heavy machinery and pallets kept on the upper floors caused the floor to collapse, bringing the rest of the building down with it.
		Stockline Plastics was a distribution company and did not manufacture anything, therefore did not require a factory.
		Stockline Plastics are not being charged at all in relation with the incident as they had no involvement with the factory.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Stockline_Plastics_factory_explosion (857 words)

	Stockline Plastics factory explosion - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On May 11 2004 the Stockline Plastics factory, in the Woodlands district of Glasgow in western Scotland, exploded, killing nine people, including two company directors, and injuring 37, of whom around 15 were seriously wounded.
		Up to 200 firefighters were present at the scene and were supported by paramedics and the crew of a Sea King rescue helicopter from RAF Leconfield, North Yorkshire and a sniffer dog team from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire.
		Further memorial ceremonies are due to be held on May 11th 2005, one year on from the tragic event.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Stockline_Plastics_factory_explosion (684 words)

	The Daily Record - NEWS - STOCKLINE OWNERS FACING SAFETY RAP
		THE owners of a plastics factory torn apart by a massive blast are to be prosecuted, it was revealed yesterday.
		Nine people died and 40 were injured when the explosion ripped through the Stockline Plastics plant in Maryhill, Glasgow.
		A Crown Office spokesman said: "The general nature of the allegations against the companies is that, by failing to maintain pipes carrying hazardous gas, they failed in their duty to ensure the health and safety of their employees and other persons on the premises.
	www.dailyrecord.co.uk /news/tm_objectid=16717088&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=stockline-owners-facing-safety-rap--name_page.html (394 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Scotland \| MPs support factory blast inquiry
		Nine people died and 40 were injured in a blast at the ICL Stockline plant in the Maryhill district of the city on 11 May last year.
		The cross-party group of MPs said the explosion was the worst industrial accident in Scotland for 20 years.
		Five men and four women lost their lives when the explosion demolished much of the factory in Grovepark Street.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4352638.stm (384 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Stockline plastics explosion
		THE companies which operated the Stockline plastics factory where nine people died in an explosion are to be prosecuted over alleged health and safety breaches.
		FIREFIGHTERS called to the Stockline Plastics factory explosion in Glasgow have had their efforts recognised by the Queen.
		INJURED employees of ICL Plastics, whose factory was destroyed in the Maryhill explosion that...
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=1156 (502 words)

	30 May 2005 - Stockline Plastics Explosion Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The owners of the Stockline Plastics factory in Glasgow are expected not to be faced with criminal charges.
		An explosion at the factory just over one year ago, took the lives of 9 workers, with hundreds of others being injured.
		The Crown report on the incident is due to be released next month, conclusions of which are expected to be of the nature that no individual was to blame.
	www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk /News%20Archive/May_2005_News_Archive/30%20May%202005%20-%20Stockline%20Plastics%20Explosion%20Update.htm (291 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Stockline Plastics factory lies in ruins after the building exploded in Glasgow, Scotland, on Tuesday.
		The death toll from an explosion that partly destroyed a plastics factory in Glasgow has risen from four to seven, the fire service said yesterday.
		He said rescuers heard knocking noises from beneath the remains of the Stockline Plastics building early yesterday morning, but refused to speculate on how many people might still be trapped.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/world/archives/2004/05/13/2003155291/print (460 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| world news Seven killed in UK factory explosion
		A figure provided by the factory for numbers inside the building when the blast occurred was now thought to be unreliable, meaning it was impossible to know how many remained trapped, Sweeney added.
		The cause of the explosion was under investigation, with first indications suggesting a gas leak, Sky News television reported.
		The blast inside the Stockline Plastics complex in the central west end district of Glasgow at around noon (1100 GMT) virtually destroyed the building and sent debris raining down on parked cars.
	iafrica.com /news/worldnews/322126.htm (696 words)

	The Militant - June 7, 2004 -- Profit drive is reason for fatal Glasgow plant blast
		McDonald was speaking about the explosion that destroyed the ICL Tech/Stockline Plastics factory May 11, killing nine people and injuring 41, 17 seriously.
		We thought it was a bomb.” The factory “was a danger to them [the workers] and those around about,” she said.
		Among other hazards, the factory air “was filled with dust from chemical powders” and “troughs of chemicals were kept next to ovens.” Some gaps in oven doors were “big enough for a hand to fit through,” reported the paper.
	www.themilitant.com /2004/6822/682250.html (626 words)

	ireland.com - Breaking News - Tue, May 11, 2004 - At least four dead in Glasgow factory explosion
		At least four people were killed when a huge explosion flattened a Scottish plastics factory earlier today, trapping workers in the wreckage.
		The explosion destroyed Stockline Plastics in the west end of the city shortly after midday.
		Rescuers first used their hands to tear through rubble of the Stockline Plastics factory - described by witnesses as like an earthquake site - and had made contact by mid-afternoon with one of those trapped inside, local Chief Superintendent David Christie said.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/breaking/2004/0511/breaking51.htm (313 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Stockline plastics explosion - Factory blast workers to receive final wages
		INJURED employees of ICL Plastics, whose factory was destroyed in the Maryhill explosion that claimed nine lives, will cease to have their normal wages paid after next week.
		The chairman of ICL Plastics, Campbell Downie, told staff in a letter that basic salaries would be paid until 9 July but then redundancies would be likely.
		Mr Downie said those staff injured in the explosion who had appropriate medical certificates would receive sick pay, and those most seriously injured in the blast would continue to receive full pay for the foreseeable future.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=1156&id=751612004 (767 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Explosion damages plastics factory in Glasgow, 16 missing, 11 hurt
		Explosion damages plastics factory in Glasgow, 16 missing, 11 hurt
		GLASGOW, Scotland –; An explosion ripped through a plastics factory in Glasgow on Tuesday.
		The possibility of a gas explosion had not been confirmed, Christie said, adding that there was "absolutely no" indication that the blast was terrorism related.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040511-0713-britain-factoryblast.html (198 words)

	Factory Explosion, Glasglow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The scene following a major explosion in Glasgow was compared to an earthquake by firefighters battling to free those trapped beneath the rubble.
		Only a corner of the four-storey Stockline Plastics factory building remained standing, with the rest an unrecognisable pile of bricks, wood and dust following the incident.
		Many of those trapped were believed to have been in offices above the factory floor when the building gave way under the force of the explosion.
	www.zetatalk.com /index/may11b.htm (200 words)

	CNN.com - 8 dead in UK factory blast - May 13, 2004
		Five people died at the scene of the explosion, and two others died later at the hospital, police said.
		At least 40 others were injured in the explosion at the Stockline Plastics factory -- 15 seriously.
		The fire brigade said early investigations indicated the explosion was an industrial accident; police earlier ruled out terrorism as a cause.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/05/13/britain.blast (267 words)

	The Sun Online - News: Factory blast: Four dead
		RESCUE workers were today searching for survivors trapped in the rubble of a factory which was destroyed in explosion leaving at least four people confirmed dead.
		Dozens of others were injured in the blast at a Glasgow plastics factory just after midday and up to 10 people are feared to be trapped.
		Scotland’s First Minister Jack McConnell described the explosion as "tragic and terrible" and said his thoughts were with the family and friends of those involved.
	www.thesun.co.uk /article/0,,2-2004220082,00.html (849 words)

	Two feared dead, dozens injured in Glasgow factory blast - World - www.smh.com.au
		Two people were feared dead and dozens injured after a powerful explosion that destroyed a plastics factory in Glasgow, Scotland's largest city emergency services said.
		Up to 20 people were also thought to be trapped in the rubble and another 60 injured when the building in a residential area near the city centre collapsed after the explosion.
		"At midday [Tuesday] (21.00 AEST), an explosion occurred at Stockline Plastics and caused considerable damage to the property," said a police spokesman.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/05/11/1084041414721.html?from=moreStories (340 words)

	RTE News - Four die in Glasgow factory explosion
		Four people have died following an explosion at a plastics factory in Glasgow.
		Forty people were injured, 16 seriously, after the blast destroyed the four-storey Stockline Plastics in the west of the city at around midday.
		The cause of the blast, believed to have originated in some ovens, is still being investigated.
	www.rte.ie /news/2004/0511/glasgow.html (157 words)

	The Daily Record - EXPLOSION .. AN EERIE SILENCE .. AND THEN SCREAMS
		Homes, shops and offices in the busy neighbourhood around the factory were shaken to their foundations by the force of the blast.
		Within moments of the explosion, people were rushing back into the ruins to try to dig victims out.
		Workers suggested that four ovens two electric and two gas may have blown up in a part of the factory where metal was coated with plastic.
	www.dailyrecord.co.uk /tm_objectid=14231909&method=full&siteid=89488&headline=explosion----an-eerie-silence----and-then-screams-name_page.html (1069 words)

	C4 News - UK - Disaster - Glasgow factory explodes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It collapsed like a pack of cards in the middle of a working day: at least three people are dead - and ten are still trapped after an explosion reduced a Glasgow plastics factory to rubble.
		But all of the serious damage was contained within the factory site, and a police cordon now set up around its perimeter.
		Police believe that about fifty people were normally employed in the Stockline Plastics building.
	www.channel4.com /news/2004/05/week_2/11_glasgow.html (361 words)

	CNN.com - Ninth body found in UK factory - May 14, 2004
		LONDON, England (CNN) -- The death toll from an explosion that flattened a plastics factory in the Scottish city of Glasgow has risen to nine.
		The blast at the Stockline Plastics factory on Tuesday destroyed the building and injured 37 people -- at least 16 seriously.
		Rescuers had been using sniffer dogs, heat and ultrasound detectors to check for any victims that might have been trapped in the rubble after knocking noises were heard coming from the rubble on Wednesday.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/05/14/britain.blast (197 words)

	Planet Ark - CHRONOLOGY - Industrial Accidents in Western Europe
		Sept 21, 2001 - FRANCE - An explosion at a fertiliser factory in Toulouse run by AZF, a division of TotalFinaElf, kills 30 and injures 2,000 in surrounding areas.
		ICL Plastics and Stockline Plastics were in charge of the factory.
		Police said the explosions, which injured 43 people, one seriously, appeared to be an accident.
	www.planetark.org /avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=33999 (343 words)

	Around the World \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		GLASGOW - An explosion destroyed part of a plastics factory in Glasgow Tuesday, killing four people, injuring dozens and burying an unknown number in the rubble, police and fire rescuers said.
		Rescuers who had voice contact with some of those trapped worked painstakingly through the wreckage of the Stockline Plastics building and pulled out seven people alive before nightfall.
		It was not clear what caused the blast, but Strathclyde Police Chief Superintendent David Christie said there was "absolutely no" indication that it was related to terrorism.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/21712 (508 words)

	At least four dead in Glasgow 'gas' blast - World - www.smh.com.au
		Firefighters search the rubble of the Stockline Plastics factory after the building expoded in Glasgow, Scotland.
		At least four people were killed when a huge explosion flattened a Scottish plastics factory today, trapping workers in the wreckage, rescuers said.
		Sweeney said it was unclear how many more people might be trapped under the heap of rubble that was all that remained of the Stockline Plastics factory in Scotland's largest city.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/05/12/1084289717069.html (758 words)

	Glasgow factory blast kills 7, injures 40 - World News - MSNBC.com
		Rescue workers climb on the roof of a collapsed plastics factory in Glasgow, Scotland, on Wednesday.
		GLASGOW, Scotland - An explosion destroyed part of a plastics factory in Glasgow on Tuesday, killing seven people, injuring dozens and burying an unknown number in the rubble, police and fire brigade rescuers said Wednesday.
		Emergency services scour debris after an explosion at the Stockline Plastics Factory devastated the building on Tuesday, in Glasgow, Scotland.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4960875 (686 words)

	CNN.com - UK factory blast kills four - May 11, 2004
		Emergency workers sift the wrecked factory for survivors.
		Thirty-six people were injured of whom 16 are in a serious condition after Tuesday's blast near the center of the city, a Glasgow fire brigade spokesman told CNN.
		Rescue workers recovered six people from the rubble of the Stockline Plastics factory and on Tuesday evening said they were in communication with five people still trapped.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/05/11/britain.blast (350 words)

	Four killed in Scottish factory blast -DAWN - International; 12 May, 2004
		GLASGOW, May 11: At least four people were killed when a huge explosion flattened a Scottish plastics factory on Tuesday, trapping workers in the wreckage, rescuers said.
		The cause of the blast was not immediately known, though one report spoke of a possible gas leak.
		"We have talked to individuals who are next to individuals who are unconscious." Mr Sweeney said it was unclear how many more people might be trapped under the heap of rubble that was all that remained of the Stockline Plastics factory in Scotland's largest city.
	www.dawn.com /2004/05/12/int14.htm (503 words)

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