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Full size vending machines can weigh over 1,000 pounds (450 kg), [1] creating a risk of serious injury or death if tilted until they fall over. Warning stickers like this one began to appear on vending machines in the 1990s. Vending machines being rocked or tilted have been known to cause serious injury and death when the heavy machines fall over.
The accident, called the worst environmental disaster in Europe since Chernobyl, was a release of 100,000 tons of cyanide-contaminated water into the rivers Someş, Tisza and Danube by the Aurul mining company due to a reservoir breach. Although no human fatalities were reported, the leak killed up to 80 percent of aquatic life in some of the ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
The accident occurred on 17 August 2009 at 08:13 local time (00:13 GMT). [6] There was a loud bang from turbine 2. The turbine cover shot up and the 920-tonne (910-long-ton; 1,010-short-ton) rotor then shot out of its seat. [5] After this, water spouted from the cavity of the turbine into the machinery hall. [7]
Because of the Soviet Union's policy of maintaining secrecy on nuclear power-related issues, Bugorski did not speak publicly about the accident for over a decade. He continued going to the Moscow radiation clinic twice a year for examinations and to meet with other nuclear accident victims.
Extreme Machines was a documentary series created by Pioneer Productions for The Learning Channel and Discovery Channel. The series focused mainly on machines although in some episodes of Season 4 and Season 5, it also looked at disasters involving them. [1] The series was largely narrated by William Hootkins. The show made also made use of ...
This is a chronological list of orphan source incidents and accidents. Note: As incident reporting has used inconsistent units of measurement, here are the conversion factors; metric prefixes are used where appropriate: kilo (k), mega (M), giga (G), tera (T):
The I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse in August 2007. Engineering disasters often arise from shortcuts in the design process. Engineering is the science and technology used to meet the needs and demands of society. [1]