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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]
And the figure increases by 70,000 miners every year in China. [11] Historically, coal mining has been a very dangerous activity and the list of historical coal mining disasters is a long one. In the US alone, more than 100,000 coal miners were killed in accidents over the past century, [1] with more than 3,200 dying in 1907 alone. [2]
June 2, 2022. Steven Dierkes, a 39-year-old Peoria man, was killed at the Mapleton foundry when he fell into a crucible. Peoria County sheriff's deputies had been called to the facility around 10 ...
The accident was anticipated by numerous warnings and signs of dangers disregarded by the electrical company and government. March 4, 1965: The Natchitoches explosion: A 32-inch gas transmission pipeline, north of Natchitoches, Louisiana , belonging to the Tennessee Gas Pipeline exploded and burned from stress corrosion cracking on March 4 ...
For a list based on power or death toll see largest artificial non-nuclear explosions or the explosions section of list of accidents and disasters by death toll. This list also contains notable explosions that would not qualify for the articles mentioned above and is more detailed, especially for the latest centuries.
This is a list of notable wide-scale power outages. To be included, the power outage must conform to all of the following criteria: The outage must not be planned by the service provider. The outage must affect at least 1,000 people. The outage must last at least one hour. There must be at least 1,000,000 person-hours of disruption. For example:
This is a list of fatal commercial aviation accidents and incidents in or in the vicinity of the United States or its territories.. It comprises a subset of both the list of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United States and the list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft.