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A recent study conducted by the National Coroners Information System (NCIS) in Australia [39] has revealed 321 closed case fatalities (and at least 39 case fatalities still under coronial investigation) that had been reported to Australian coroners where a person died from electrocution between July 2000 and October 2011.
[2] [15] There was no fire safety equipment in the building. The students were trapped because the only way to the top floor was a wooden staircase which was destroyed by the fire. [9] [13] [15] Two fire officers were suspended for their alleged negligence in conducting the fire safety inspection of the building. [9] [16]
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 ...
On 10 April 2006 at about 17:30 IST (12:00 UTC), a fire swept through a consumer electronics fair (Brand India Fair) in Victoria Park, Meerut, killing 65 people [1] and injuring 150 others
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a report on December 1, 2014, and assigned blame to several groups: [3] GS Yuasa of Japan, for battery manufacturing methods that could introduce defects not caught by inspection; Boeing's engineers, who failed to consider and test for worst-case battery failures
The Astoria Borealis was an industrial accident that occurred at a Con Edison substation in Astoria, Queens, New York City, on December 27, 2018. During the incident, a 138,000 volt coupling capacitor potential device failed, resulting in an arc flash , which in turn burned aluminum , lighting up the sky with a blue-green spectacle visible for ...
Forensic electrical engineering is a branch of forensic engineering, and is concerned with investigating electrical failures and accidents in a legal context. Many forensic electrical engineering investigations apply to fires suspected to be caused by electrical failures. [ 1 ]
An investigation is ongoing to determine the cause of the collapse. [8] [9] [10] Balco initially did not discuss the incident at length, stating only that "[t]here is an accident and some people are injured"; [10] claiming to be too busy with the rescue effort to make a longer statement. [7]