List of industrial disasters

List of industrial disasters

Deaths	Incident
3,787 to 19,000+	Bhopal disaster (India, 1984)
1,549	Benxihu Colliery explosion, China, 1942
1,129	Collapse of the Rana Plaza (Savar Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh, April 24, 2013)[14]
1,099	Courrières mine disaster, Courrières, France, March 10, 1906
687	Mitsubishi Hōjō, Kyūshū, Japan, December 15, 1914
682	Laobaidong colliery coal dust explosion Datong, China, May 9, 1960
568+	Texas City Disaster (Texas City, Texas, April 16 & 17, 1947)
512	Sumitomo Besshi bronze mine area, landslide with debris flow disaster, Niihama, Shikoku, Japan, 1899
500+	San Juanico Disaster (Mexico City, November 19, 1984)[15]
458	Mitsui Miike Coal Mine disaster Mitsui Miike, Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan, November 9, 1963[16]
439	Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Senghenydd, Wales, 1913
437	Coalbrook, South Africa, 1960
426	Wankie coal mine disaster Wankie, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, 1972
422	New Yubari, Yūbari, Hokkaidō, Japan, November 28, 1914
405	Bergkamen mining disaster, West Germany, 1946
388	Oaks Colliery, Barnsley, England, 1866
376	Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, December 21, 1917
375	Bihar, India, 1965
372	Chasnala mining disaster, Sudamdih Colliery Dhanbad, India, 1975
365	Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan, July 20, 1907
362	Monongah Mining disaster, Monongah, West Virginia, U.S., 1907
344	Pretoria Pit Disaster, Westhoughton, England, 1910
319	Marie iron mine fire, Příbram, Czech Republic, May 31, 1892
300+	2012 Pakistan garment factory fires, Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan, September 11, 2012
300+	Nambija mine disaster, landslide destroying several mines and buildings, Ecuador, May 9, 1993
298	Saarland, West Germany, 1962
277	2008 Shanxi mudslide caused by collapse of a mine landfill in Xiangfen, Linfen, Shanxi, China, September 8, 2008[17]
266	Gresford Disaster Gresford, Wales, 1934
263	Dawson, New Mexico, U.S., 1913
263	Incirharmani, Kozlu, Zonguldak, Turkey, March 3, 1992
262	Marcinelle, Belgium, 1956
259	1909 Cherry Mine disaster, Cherry, Illinois, U.S., 1909
254	Kogushi sulfur mine collapse, western Gunma, Japan, 1937
243	Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, August 5, 1909
243	PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, 2003[18]
239	Darr Mine Disaster, Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, U.S., 1907
236	Chikuho Yamano, Kyūshū, Japan, June 1, 1965
235	Larisch's mines (Jan and Františka), Karviná, Czech Republic, June 14, 1894
220	El Cobre tailing dam and copper mine failure by earthquake in Chile on March 28, 1965
216	Fraterville, Tennessee, U.S., May 19, 1902
214	2005 Sunjiawan mine disaster, Sunjiawan, Fuxin, Liaoning, China, February 15, 2005
210	Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan, June 15, 1899
202	Bolevec ammunition factory explosion, Plzeň, Czech Republic, May 25, 1917
200+	Vila Socó oil spill fire (Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil, February 25, 1984)
200+	Scofield Mine disaster, Scofield, Utah, U.S., 1900
200+	Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico, February 27, 1908
189	Hillcrest mine disaster, Hillcrest, Alberta, Canada, 1914
183	Chosei, Ube, Japan, February 3, 1942
181	Mine disaster with flooding, Huayuan, Xintai, Shandong, China, August 17, 2007
180	Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1990
177	General Mining Union Kinross gold mine fire, Transvaal, South Africa, on September 16, 1986
177	Mitsubishi Bibai, Bibai, Hokkaidō, Japan, 1941
169	Hanna Mine Disaster, Hanna, Wyoming, U.S., 1903
168	Speculator Mine disaster, (Butte, Montana, June 8, 1917)
167	Piper Alpha oil rig disaster (North Sea, July 6, 1988)
166	Chenjiashan, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China, November 28, 2004
160+	Tacoa powerplant fire, Vargas State, Venezuela, December 19, 1982.[citation needed]
159	Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China, September 26, 2000
155	Minnie Pit, Podmore Hall, Halmer End, Staffordshire, UK, January 12, 1918
153	Mina de Barroteran, Coahuila, Mexico, March 31, 1969
151	Hausdorf, Germany, currently Jugów, Poland, July 9, 1930
150	Nanaimo mine explosion, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, 1887
148	Daping[disambiguation needed], Tongchuan, Henan, China, October 20, 2004
147	Sanjiaohe, Hongdong, Shanxi, China, April 21, 1991
146	Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, (New York City, 1911)
144	Aberfan landslide disaster (Wales, 1966)
142	Nelson, Osek, Czech Republic, January 3, 1934
134	Uchigo, Iwaki, Japan, March 27, 1927
134	Dongfeng, Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China, November 27, 2005
125	Buffalo Creek Flood / Pittston Coal Company dam failure, (West Virginia, United States, 1972)
125	Springhill mining disaster, Canada, February 21, 1891
125	Amaga, Angelopolis, Antioquia, Colombia, July 15, 1977
124	Chengzihe, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China, June 20, 2002
123	Alexander Kielland wreck, oil platform destroyed by high wind, Ekofisk oil field, Norway, 1980
123	Daxing, Xingning, Guangdong, China, August 6, 2005
121	Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster, near Ludlow, Colorado, April 27, 1917
119	Orient #2 Mine, West Frankfort, Illinois, U.S., December 25, 1951
111	1947 Centralia mine disaster, Centralia, Illinois, U.S., March 25, 1947
110	Avondale Mine Disaster, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 6, 1869
109	Everettville, West Virginia, U.S., April 30, 1927
108	Ulyanovskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Region, Siberia, Russia, March 19, 2007
108	Dukla, Dolná Súča, Slovakia, July 7, 1961
108	Jan, Karviná, Czech Republic, March 5, 1885
105	Vaal Reef gold mine elevator failure, Orkney, Klerksdorp, South Africa, May 11, 1995
105	Ruizhiyuan, Linfen, Shanxi, China, December 5, 2007
104	William pit disaster, Whitehaven, Cumberland, United Kingdom, August 15, 1947
101	(methane explosion) Zasyadko, Donetsk, Ukraine, November 18, 2007
100	Armutçuk, Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey, March 8, 1983
94	Haishan, Taipei, Taiwan, December 5, 1984
93	Hokutan Yubari, Yubari, Hokkaidō, Japan, October 16, 1981
92	Nová Jáma, Orlová, Czech Republic, May 20, 1919
92	Rudnici, Aleksinac, Nisava District, Serbia, November 18, 1989
92	Gangzi, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China, July 22, 2001
92	Baltimore Colliery explosion, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 5, 1919
91	Dongcun, Datong, Shanxi, China, November 27, 1996
91	Bartley, West Virginia, U.S., January 10, 1940
91	Hard rock mine fire (Sunshine mine, Kellogg, Idaho, May 2, 1972)
89	Xingsheng, Pingdingshan, Henan, China, March 11, 1997
86	Luling coal mine, Hefei, Anhui, China, May 13, 2003
84	Ocean Ranger oil platform sinking, Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada, February 15, 1982
84	Cross Mountain Mine disaster, Briceville, Tennessee, U.S., December 9, 1911
83	Mitsui Miike coal mine, Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan, January 18, 1984
83	Shenlong, Fukang, Xinjiang Uygur, China, July 13, 2005
82	Barakova, Krasnodon, Ukraine, March 11, 2000
82	Millfield Mine disaster, Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio, U.S., November 5, 1930
79	Mexicana Flight 704, (near Monterrey, 1969)
78	Farmington Mine disaster, Farmington, West Virginia, U.S., November 20, 1968
74	Springhill mining disaster, Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, October 23, 1958
74	Smith Mine disaster, Bearcreek, Montana, U.S., February 27, 1943
73	San Fernando, Amaga, Antioquia, Colombia, June 17, 2010.[citation needed]
72	Willow Grove #10 explosion, Neffs, Ohio, U.S., March 16, 1940[19]
72	Price-Pancoast Colliery fire, Throop, Pennsylvania, April 7, 1911
71	Ueda Kamikiyo, Kawara, Kyūshū, Japan, March 9, 1961
71	Trimdon Grange, County Durham, England, February 16, 1882[20]
68	Kukje Rubber Manufacturing plant No.2 fire at Busan, South Korea, March 2, 1960
68	Zyryanouskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Siberia, Russia, December 2, 1997
66	Mossfield, Longton, Staffordshire, U.K., October 16, 1889
65	KTS Composite Textile factory fire, at Chittagong, Bangladesh on February 24, 2006
65	Brunner Mine disaster, West Coast, New Zealand, March 26, 1896
65	Pluto, Záluží, Czech Republic, September 4, 1981[21] Hlobane, Vryheid, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, September 3, 1983
64	Sverdlovsk anthrax leak (Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, April 2, 1979)
63	St. Helena gold mine explosion by methane gas, Welkom, Free State, South Africa on August 31, 1987
63	Skochynsky, Donetsk, Ukraine, April 4, 1998
63	Sonman Mine explosion, Portage, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 15, 1940
62	Hlubina, Ostrava, Czech Republic, July 29, 1867
61	Trojice, Ostrava, Czech Republic, January 3, 1891
60	Shahe iron mine caught fire, Hebei, China, November 22, 2004
60	Beilongfeng, Fushun, Liaoning, China, May 28, 1997
59	Xishui mine, Shanxi province, China, March 20, 2005
59	Bettina, Orlová, Czech Republic, March 26, 1885
58	Twin Shaft Disaster, Pittston, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 28, 1896
56	Bright Sparkler fireworks factory explosion at Sungai Buloh, Malaysia, 1991
55	Four-story Rosamor Furniture ameublements plant fire, Lissasfa, Casablanca, Morocco on April 25, 2008
54	Hlubina, Ostrava, Czech Republic, May 22, 1960
54	Františka, Záluží, Czech Republic, 1860
54	1932 Moweaqua Coal Mine disaster, Moweaqua, Illinois, December 24, 1932
53	Secunda, Mpumalanga, East Transvaal, South Africa, May 13, 1993
52	Zasyadka, Donetsk, Ukraine, August 19, 2001
47	Auchinloch, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, September 18, 1959
45	Surran range, Quetta, Pakistan, March 21, 2011
45	Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, June 28, 1960
43	Staříč, Czech Republic, December 30, 1976
43	Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China, February 24, 2003
40	Lapua ammunition factory explosion (Finland, 1976)
39	Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, November 1, 1956
38	Hurricane Creek mine disaster, Hyden, Kentucky, U.S., December 30, 1970
37	Czechowice-Dziedzice Refinery fire, Poland, June 26–27, 1971
36	Michálka, Ostrava, Czech Republic, October 4, 1950
36	Donbass, Donetsk, Ukraine, July 19, 2004
36	Lancashire Mine, Shanktown, Pennsylvania, U.S., January 26, 1924
35	West Gate Bridge collapse (during construction), Melbourne, Australia. October 15, 1970
34	Naomi Mine explosion, Fayette City, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 1, 1907
34	Dukla, Šardice, Czech Republic, June 9, 1970
33	Anna, Souš, Czech Republic, 1890
31	Industria Mirafe Toy Factory blast, Ibi, Alicante, Spain on August 16, 1968.[citation needed]
31	ČSA, Karviná, Czech Republic, March 22, 1977
30	Osceola Mine fire, copper mine fire in Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, on September 7, 1895[22]
30	Holditch Colliery, Chesterton, Staffordshire, UK, July 2, 1937
30	Barbora, Karviná, Czech Republic, October 18, 1990
30	Abaiskaya, Abai, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan, January 11, 2008
29	AZF factory explosion (chemical), Toulouse, France, September 21, 2001
29	Pike River Mine disaster, Greymouth, New Zealand, November 19, 2010
29	Upper Big Branch mine explosion, Montcoal, West Virginia, April 5, 2010
29	Nordegg, Alberta, Canada, October 31, 1941
28	Flixborough disaster, (England, June 1, 1974)
26	Paskov, Paskov, Czech Republic, April 4, 1970
26	Westray Mine, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 9, 1992
25	Doubrava, Czech Republic, May 7, 1985
25	Chatterley Whitfield, Staffordshire, February 7, 1881
24	Nanshan Colliery disaster, Shanxi Province, China, November 13, 2006
24	Doubrava, Czech Republic, February 12, 1949
23	Phillips Disaster (Pasadena, Texas, USA, October 23, 1989)
23	Methane explosion in Halemba coal mine, Ruda Śląska, Poland, November 21, 2006
22	Hindustan Petroleum Refinery fire – 14 September 1997, Vishakapatnam, Andhra pradesh, India[23]
21	Boston Molasses Disaster (Boston, 1919)
21	Kings Bay, Svalbard, Norway, November 5, 1962[24]
20	2009 Handlová mine blast, Handlová, Slovakia, August 10, 2009
19	(with 20 injured) methane explosion in Halemba coal mine, Ruda Śląska Poland January 10, 1990
17	Ganglu Iron and Steel Co Ltd., gas leak (Hebei, China, December 24, 2008)
17	Merriespruit tailings dam disaster, Virginia, Free State, South Africa, February 22, 1994
17	Mine No. 9, Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky, U.S., June 8, 1925
16	Ningxia, China, October 16, 2008
15	West Fertilizer Company explosion, West, Texas, USA, April 17, 2013
15	BP Americas Texas City isomerization unit explosion (Texas City, Texas, USA, March 23, 2005)
11	Kingsport, TN Chemical Plant Explosion, Oct 1960
11	Robin Hood Flour Company grain storage elevator explosion (Davenport, Iowa, USA, 1975)
11	BP Deepwater Horizon explosion (Gulf of Mexico, April 20, 2010)
7	Tesoro Refinery [Anacortes, Washington] (April 2, 2010)
5	Xcel Energy Cabin Creek Hydroelectric Plant Fire (Georgetown, Colorado October 2, 2007)