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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 ...
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.
On May 13, 2015, a fire broke out at the Kentex manufacturing factory in Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines. 72 people were killed in the fire, making the incident the joint-second worst fire disaster in Philippine history alongside the Manor Hotel fire in 2001; only the Ozone Disco Club fire in 1996 had claimed more lives. [a] [1]
Industrial accidents and incidents by country (21 C). Industrial disasters by century (4 C) Industrial disasters by decade (22 C) Industrial disasters by year (147 C) A.
Large accidents, qualifying as industrial disasters are included. The production process encompasses all parts of the process from drilling for fuels to refining or processing to the final product. It also includes storage and disposal of waste. Unless otherwise stated, all accidents are associated with production wells.
One year into the investigation, the disaster, coupled with the CTA Acoustics fiberglass insulation manufacturing plant explosion and the Hayes Lemmerz automotive parts plant explosion (with death tolls of seven and one respectively, also involving dust explosions in 2003), prompted the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) to ...
The Massachusetts laws eventually led to passage of a national boiler safety code. Safety improved, but the Massachusetts fatalities would not be the last. Twenty-three people were killed and 94 injured in 1962 when a boiler exploded and ripped through a New York Telephone Company cafeteria at lunchtime. A city agency later determined that the ...
LAPD firework disposal accident Los Angeles, California United States 17 injuries [18] Residential area 14 July 2022: Bastille Day: Cholet: France: 2 deaths, 7 injuries: Open air show 14 August 2022 2022 Yerevan explosion: Yerevan: Armenia: 16 deaths, 61 injuries Warehouse 1 December 2022 "Magic in the Sky" warehouse blast Orlando, Florida ...