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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.
Flood water deluge caused the complete submergence of power house, massive debris accumulation, electrical equipment replacement and loss of power generation for a year: 1998 [11] Bieudron Hydroelectric Power Station: Valais Switzerland: 1269 MW loss, penstock rupture, three fatalities, flooding and loss of generating capacity: 2000 [12]
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 ...
Justin Perry, a 36-year-old subcontractor from Michigan, was killed Aug. 7 after he got stuck underneath an electrical box at the company's proving ground facility in rural Washington. It marks ...
Accident – coal mine Dawson, New Mexico: Including 263 miners and two rescuers 265 2001 American Airlines Flight 587: Accident – aircraft Queens, New York: Second-deadliest U.S. aviation accident, and deadliest in New York City. 259 1909 Cherry Mine disaster: Accident – coal mine Cherry, Illinois: 257 1932 1932 San Ciprián hurricane ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Industrial accidents and incidents. ... Mining disasters by year (125 C, 1 P) 0–9. 1812 industrial disasters (1 C)
Explosion at the Mtibwa Sugar Factory caused by an electrical fault at a steam pipe. [231] 23 May 2024 India: Dombivli, Maharashtra: 10 64 2024 Thane explosion: Explosion of four boilers caused a fire in a chemical factory. [232] 28 May 2024 United States: Youngstown, Ohio: 1 7+
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