| Incident Reports
Collections
of Incident Reports
Bhopal 1984
Flixborough
1974
Seveso1976
Toulouse,
2001
Other Incidents, Chronologically
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Collections of incident reports
Air Accidents Investigation Branch UK reports
Air Disasters an extensive database
Case Studies by the HSE
Chemaxx fires and explosions investigated by this organization: pictures and
videos
Chemical Accident Histories and Investigations by the US EPA
Chemical Incidents Reports Center United States Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board
Chronology of Rail Crashes in the UK by the BBC 2002
Coal Dust Explosions in the Cement Industry US 1977-1985 book chapter (pdf)1987
Corporate Crimes by Greenpeace (pdf) 2002
Ethylene Oxide Users'
Guide 2nd edition 1999 good advice and illustrations of what can go wrong
Explosives
Accidents by the BBC, 2001
Failure Cases
as a learning aid for engineers - good analysis
Football (Soccer)
Stadium Disasters by CNN
Great American Disasters
by a volunteer fireman and arson investigator 1865-2000
Haz-Mat Operations Archive mainly
north america, includes hoaxes and bio-terrorism
HMHTTC
incidents with photos (mainly transport) by a hazardous response organization
Incidents
a growing list by the UK Chemical Reaction Hazards Forum
Learning from Failure
-Engineering Disasters
Major Accident Reporting System
the European MARS database
National Transportation Safety
Board US accident and study reports including
Hazardous Materialsincident reports
Petroleum
Oil Fire Disasters in Nigeria's Niger Delta 1998-2000
large loss of life from pipeline fires
Photo Gallery
of major industrial explosions
Swishweb
various lists of disasters including fires, explosions, nuclear
Technological
Traumas
history of science lecture from the University of Glasgow includes Chernobyl,
Flixborough and Piper Alpha
Timeline:
Deadly Explosives Accidents
1998-2001 reports by the BBC
Trade and
Environment Database extensive, mainly environmental
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| Bhopal 1984 Methyl Isocyanate Release killed 3800
Bhopal Information Union Carbide's pages
Bhopal.net a counter view
Bhopal.org another counter view
Bhopal by Corporate Watch India, many documents and pictures
Bhopal TED Case Study academic with literature references
Bhopal Express advert for a film, but with some text. Choose no intro
Long-term recovery from the Bhopal disaster book chapter 1996
Bhopal Case Study by the HSE 2001
The Incident at Bhopal online essay for the unscrupulous student
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| Flixborough, UK 1974 vapour cloud explosion killed 28
Flixborough case study by the HSE 2001
Flixborough photograph of incident location
Flixborough photograph b&w of site
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| Seveso 1976 dioxin release, nobody killed but caused The Seveso II Directive
Seveso a paradoxical classic disaster book chapter on the incident and
consequences 1996
Seveso case study by the HSE 2001 |
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Toulouse 2001 fertilizer plant explosion killed 29, injured 700
The main product was ammonium nitrate called AZF. The company is Grande
Paroisse, which is 80% owned by Atofina, the chemicals arm of TotalFinaElf
Here are the company's Press Releases and Dossiers, notably a company statement 29
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| BBC Reports
21 September 2001 French factory blast kills 18
22 September 2001 French factory blast kills 22
22 September 2001 Anger at Toulouse blast location
24 September 2001 European Press Review
29 September 2001 Mass protest over French factory blast
04 October 2001 French blast 'may have terrorist link'
22 October 2001 Mystery and pain go on for Toulouse
13 February 2002 French factory blast prompts new laws |
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| Planetark pictures and captions
24 September 2001 The crater created by the explosion
24 September 2001 Wounded woman
24 September 2001 Rescue workers
25 September 2001 Residents continue to clean up debris
26 September 2001 Demonstrators protest |
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| French sources (in French!)
Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse ENSIACET educational institute was
virtually destroyed
Edicom (AP) 18 octobre 2001 Toulouse: la reconstruction sera longue
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| Other Incidents, chronologically
Sinking of the Sultana 1865 killed more people than the Titanic
Halifax, Nova Scotia 1917 a munitions ship exploded killing 2000 (largest
manmade explosion before Hiroshima)
Halifax, Nova Scotia 1917 another report
Hindenburg Disaster 1937 a hydrogen-filled airship fire
Hindeburg Disaster radio report and photo
Hydrogen exonerated in the Hindenburg Disaster says the National Hydrogen
Association
New London Texas School Explosion 1937 a gas explosion killed 300 children
New London School Disaster 1937 another report
The Texas City Disaster April 16 and 17, 1947 another account from the Mayor
Feyzin 1966 the incident that showed what a BLEVE can do
Apollo 13 Accident details from the National Space Science Center
Three Mile Island 1972 the most serious nuclear powerplant accident in the USA:
NRC factfile
Meltdown at Three Mile Island a film you can buy with teacher's notes etc
Nuclear Nightmare in Pennsylvania special report on TMI by the Washington Post
(1999)
Meltdown at Three Mile Island film site
Three Mile Island the Judge's Ruling 1996
Brown's Ferry Nuclear Reactor Incident 1976 started by a candle - could have
been worse
Mexico City 1984 a series of BLEVEs killed 500
Chernobyl 1986 world's greatest nuclear reactor disaster
Chernobyl - A Nuclear Disaster extensive award winning student site
Chernobyl fact sheet by the (US) Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Chernobyl Ten Years On by the (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency
Chornobyl Nuclear Accident Canadian Ukrainian pages
Challenger Accident by the Federation of American Scientists - an extensive
resource
Challenger Accident by Davinder Mahal
Remembering the Challenger by CBS
Piper Alpha - a history by UKOOA
Hillsborough Football Stadium 1989 Fire: 96 died. And other football stadium
disasters
Phillips 66, Pasadena 1989 refinery vapour cloud explosion killed 23
Guadalajara, Mexico 1992 hexane release killed 200
Cedar City Utah 1997 Ammonium perchlorate explosion, news and pictures
Visakhapatnam Refinery (India) 1997 LPG fire and explosion killed 60, like
Feyzin
Visakhapatnam Refinery (India) 1997 kerosene fire the next day
Visakhapatnam Refinery (India) 1997 another report
Visakhapatnam Refinery (India) 1997 another report
Morton Thiokol Fire and Explosion 1998 runaway reaction official report
Seismic analysis of the above with pictures
Paddington/Ladbroke Grove Rail Crash 1999 by HM Railway Inspectorate
Tokaimura 1999 Japan's worst Nuclear Accident
Tokaimura Accident interesting explanation of how bucket chemistry can lead to
nuclear criticality
Tokaimura Chronology press reports and pictures |
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| World Trade Center 2001 Terrorist Attack
Guardian special report
How the World Trade Center Fell or how the buildings stayed up so long (BBC)
Why the World Trade Center Collapsed another expert's analysis (CNN)
When the Twin Towers Fell Scientific American article
Why Did the World Trade Center Collapse? paper in JOM
Why Did the World Trade Center Collapse? paper in JEM, ASCE
World Trade Center -Engineering Aspects discussion and links
Potters Bar rail crash 10 May 2002 -Engineering Aspects discussion and links |
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