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Incident Reports
  • Collections of Incident Reports
  • Bhopal (1984)
  • Flixborough (1974)
  • Seveso (1976 )
  • Toulouse (2001)
  • Other Incidents, Chronologically
    • 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.

    ere are the company's Press Releases and Dossiers, notably a company statement 29 January 2002.
    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 Surces (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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