Top 10 Worst Industrial Accidents in History
Industrialization has an important role to play in the economic development of the under-developed economies with huge man power and large and varied resources. It is responsible for the production of goods or related services within an economy.
Top 10 Worst Industrial Accidents in History
Industrial accidents are caused by industrial companies, either by accident, negligence or incompetence. The list of top 10 Worst Industrial Accidents in History along with facts like when they occur, their location and what was fatalities are given below:
10. Explosion at a fireworks storage depot
Date: 13 May, 2000
Location: Enschede, Netherlands
Fatalities: 23
9. Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker, spills 260,000 to 750,000 barrels of crude oil into the sea
Date: 24 March, 1989
Location: Prince William Sounds, Alaska, USA
Fatalities: 100,000 to 250,000 seabirds
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8. ICMESA, a chemical manufacturing plant, releases dioxins (TCDD)
Date: 10 July, 1976
Location: Seveso, Italy
Fatalities: 3,300 farm animals & 80,000 animals are later slaughtered
7. Coal dust explosion
Date: 10 March, 1906
Location: Courrieres, France
Fatalities: 1,099
6. Explosions at a Liquid Petroleum Gas tank farm
Date: 19 November, 1984
Location: San Juanico, Mexico
Fatalities: 500
5. Fire near 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate on S.S. Grandcamp causes explosion
Date: 16 April, 1947
Location: Port of Texas City, Texas, USA
Fatalities: 581
4. Explosion during an unauthorized test at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
Date: 26 April, 1986
Location: Prypiat, Ukraine
Fatalities: 50 due to radiation & 3,940 due to radiation induced cancer and leukaemia
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3. A coal dust and gas explosion in a mine
Date: 26 April, 1942
Location: Benxihu Colliery, Benxi Liaoning, China
Fatalities: 1,549
2. Bhopal Gas Tragedy (Union Carbide India Limited Pesticide Plant)
Date: 2-3 December, 1984
Location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Fatalities: 3,787 deaths, 558,125 injuries with 38,478 temporary partial and roughly 3,900 permanently disabling injuries.
1. Rana Plaza, a building containing several factories, collapses
Date: 24 April, 2013
Location: Savar, Bangladesh
Fatalities: more than 1,100
Top 10 Worst Industrial Accidents in History
| Name of Incidents |
Description |
| 1. Rana Plaza, a building containing several factories, collapses |
Date: 24 April, 2013 Location: Savar, Bangladesh Fatalities: more than 1,100 |
| 2. Bhopal Gas Tragedy (Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant) |
Date: 2-3 December, 1984 Location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Fatalities: 3,787 deaths, 558,125 injuries with 38,478 temporary partial and roughly 3,900 permanently disabling injuries. |
| 3. A coal dust and gas explosion in a mine |
Date: 26 April, 1942 Location: Benxihu Colliery, Benxi Liaoning, China Fatalities: 1,549 |
| 4. Explosion during an unauthorized test at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant |
Date: 26 April, 1986 Location: Prypiat, Ukraine Fatalities: 50 due to radiation, |
| 5. Fire near 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate on S.S. Grandcamp causes explosion |
Date: 16 April, 1947 Location: Port of Texas City, Texas, USA Fatalities: 581 |
| 6. Explosions at a Liquid Petroleum Gas tank farm |
Date: 19 November, 1984 Location: San Juanico, Mexico Fatalities: 500 |
| 7. Coal dust explosion |
Date: 10 March, 1906 Location: Courrieres, France Fatalities: 1,099 |
| 8. ICMESA, a chemical manufacturing plant, releases dioxins (TCDD) |
Date: 10 July, 1976 Location: Seveso, Italy Fatalities: 3,300 farm animals |
| 9. Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker, spills 260,000 to 750,000 |
Date: 24 March,1989 Location: Prince William Sounds, Alaska, USA Fatalities: 100,000 to 250,000 seabirds |
| 10. Explosion at a fireworks storage depot |
Date: 13 May,2000 Location: Enschede, Netherlands Fatalities: 23 |