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Marcopper mining disaster. The Marcopper mining disaster is one of the worst mining and environmental disasters in Philippine history. [1][2][3] It occurred on March 24, 1996, on the Philippine island of Marinduque, a province of the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. The disaster led to drastic reforms in the country's mining policy.
The force of the escaping gas killed one worker (a welder), injured five other workers, and collapsed a steel pit that housed valve H-143. [ 53 ] 1991 On August 27, contractors doing work at a Dixie Pipeline station in Sulphur, Louisiana rupture a 4 inch pipeline carrying propane, which ignited. 3 of the contractors were burned, with 2 of them ...
1996 Mt. Tapian The Philippines: Marcopper Mining Canada: Marcopper mining disaster: A fracture of the drainage tunnel for a tailings pit led to discharge of toxic waste into Makulapnit-Boac river system, causing large-scale destruction of crops, burying one village with mud and requiring 20 other villages to be evacuated. 1998 Kumtor Gold Mine
4. TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 was a scheduled domestic flight from Caxias do Sul, Brazil, to Recife International Airport in Recife, via São Paulo–Congonhas International Airport and Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro. On 31 October 1996, at 8:27 (UTC-2), the starboard engine of the Fokker 100 operating the route ...
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.
Mining accidents can occur from a variety of causes, including leaks of poisonous gases such as hydrogen sulfide [2] or explosive natural gases, especially firedamp or methane, [3] dust explosions, collapsing of mine stopes, mining-induced seismicity, flooding, or general mechanical errors from improperly used or malfunctioning mining equipment (such as safety lamps or electrical equipment).
RA-85621, the aircraft involved in the accident, in May 1996. Flight 2801 was a chartered flight flown by Vnukovo Airlines on behalf of Arktikugol, which operated mines at the two company towns of Barentsburg and Pyramiden in Svalbard. [3] The aircraft was a Tupolev Tu-154M, with registration RA-85621, and serial number 86A 742.
The following incidents occurred during 1996: * January 6, Pennsylvania: A gas pipeline failure excised a 30-foot (9.1 m) section of pipe. The gas later ignited, causing a vegetation fire in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Later inspections found numerous flaws on this pipeline.