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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.
disputed. Kyshtym disaster. 1957, September 29. An improperly stored underground tank of high-level radioactive waste exploded. Death count unknown, estimates range from 50 to more than 9,000. 78. Chernobyl disaster. 1986, April 28. At least 78 are believed to have been directly killed by the disaster (31 due to the explosion, 28 due to ...
Hurricane Irma. Tropical cyclone. Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, Eastern United States (particularly Florida) $53,400,000,000 (2017) Includes three deaths and $1 billion (2017 USD) in damage in Puerto Rico, and four deaths and $2.4 billion in damage in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Costume-related issues. In 2005, Walt Disney World reported 773 injuries to OSHA for employees portraying any of 270 different characters at the parks. [133] Of those injuries listed, 282 (roughly 36%) were related to costuming issues such as a costume's weight affecting the head, neck, or shoulders.
List of incidents at Disneyland Resort. This is a summary of notable incidents that have taken place at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. While the California Department of Safety and Health has ruled that some guest-related incidents are Disney's fault, the majority of fatal incidents were the result of wrongdoing on the guests' part.
From 1980 to 1990, there were 37 deaths relating to accidents during stunts; 24 of these deaths involved the use of helicopters. [1] According to an article by the New York Times following the fatal shooting incident on the film set of Rust , there have been at least 194 serious accidents in American television and film sets from 1990 to 2014 ...
The accident killed approximately 30 people directly [23] and damaged approximately $7 billion of property. [citation needed] A study published in 2005 by the World Health Organization estimates that there may eventually be up to 4,000 additional cancer deaths related to the accident among those exposed to significant radiation levels. [24]
From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year decreased 14.97% while the number of deaths per capita decreased by 35.46%. The 32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest in 62 years, since 1949. [5] For 2016, the NHTSA reported 37,461 people killed in 34,436 fatal motor vehicle crashes, an average of 102 per day. [6]