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What are industrial accidents? 3 Impact & Element at risk 4Examples of Industrial Accidents 5Case study 12 Mitigation strategies 15Thank you 19

WHAT ARE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS?

Industrial disasters or accidents, which are disasters caused by industrial companies, either by accident, negligence or incompetence.

They are a form of industrial accident where great damage, injury or loss of life are caused.

Other disasters can also be considered industrial disasters, if their causes are rooted in the products or processes of industry. For example, the Great

Chicago Fire of 1871 was made more severe due to the heavy concentration of lumber industry, wood houses, fuel and other chemicals in a small area.

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Impact & Elements at risk

Science there is little or no warning of an industrial/chemical accidents, the loss incurred is very high. There is a huge loss to life, property, livelihood and environment. Hazardous materials in various forms can cause death, serious injury, and damage to buildings, homes and other properties. The areas close

to an industrial setup are under immediate threat. People working in that industry or people residing in the neighboring areas are normally affected.

There has been large number of incidents where the farmers have faced the brunt of crop loss because of the toxic gases released by the industries into

the air or polluting the water.

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Examples of Industrial Accidents:-1/7

1. •Chemical industry

2. •Construction industry

3. •Defense industry

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4. •Energy industry

5. •Manufacturing industry

6. •Mining industry


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September 21, 1921: Oppau

explosion in Germany. Occurred when a tower

silo storing 4,500 tones of a mixture

of ammonium sulfate and ammonium

nitrate fertilizer exploded at a BASF plant

in Oppau, now part

of Ludwigshafen, Germany, killing 500–600

people and injuring about 2,000 more.

December 3, 1984: The Bhopal

disaster in India is one of the largest industrial

disaster on record. A faulty tank containing

poisonous methyl isocyanate leaked at

a Union Carbide plant. Estimates of its death

toll range from 4,000 to 20,000.

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Construction Industry

April 27, 1978: Willow Island disaster. A cooling tower for a power plant under construction in Willow Island, West Virginia collapsed, killing 51 construction workers. The cause was attributed to placing loads on recently poured concrete before it had cured sufficiently to withstand the loads. It is thought to be the largest construction accident in United States history

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Defense Industry

July 17, 1944: Port Chicago Disaster. A munitions explosion that killed 320 people occurred at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California.

August 9, 1965: Little Rock AFB in Searcy, Arkansas. 53 contract workers were killed during a fire at a Titan missile silo. The cause of the fire was determined to be a welding rod damaging a hydraulic hose allowing hydraulic vapors to leak and spread throughout silo, which were then ignited by an open flame source.

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Energy Industry

May 1962: The Centralia, Pennsylvania coal mine fire began, forcing the gradual evacuation of the Centralia borough. The fire continues to burn in the abandoned borough in 2010, 48 years later.

March 1967: The Torrey Canyon oil supertanker was shipwrecked off the western coast of Cornwall, England, causing an environmental disaster. This was the first major oil spill at sea.

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Manufacturing Industry

May 13, 2000: Enschede fireworks disaster. A fire and explosion at a fireworks depot in Enschede, Netherlands leaves 22 people dead and 947 injured. About 1,500 homes are damaged or destroyed. The damage is estimated to be over US$ 300 million in insured losses.

April 18, 2007: Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster. A ladle holding molten steel separated from the overhead iron rail, fell, tipped, and killed 32 workers, injuring another 6.

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Mining Industry

January 30, 2000: Baia Mare cyanide spill took place in Baia Mare, Romania. The accident, called the worst environmental disaster in

Europe since Chernobyl, was a release of 100,000 tons of cyanide

contaminated water by a Aurul mining company due to reservoir

broke into the rivers Someş, Tisza and Danube.

Although no human fatalities were reported, the leak killed up to 80%

of aquatic life of some of the affected rivers.

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Case studies


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Case study 1

In November 1984, most of the safety systems

were not functioning. Many valves and lines were

in poor condition. Tank 610 contained 42 tons of

MIC, much more than safety rules allowed.[3]

During the nights of 2–3 December, a large

amount of water entered tank 610. Arunaway

reaction started, which was accelerated by

contaminants, high temperatures and other

factors. The reaction generated a major increase

in the temperature inside the tank to over 200 °C

(400 °F). This forced the emergency venting of

pressure from the MIC holding tank, releasing a

large volume of toxic gases. The reaction was

sped up by the presence of iron from corroding

non-stainless steel pipelines.

The Bhopal disaster was one of the world's

worst industrial catastrophes. It occurred on the

night of December 2–3, 1984 at the Union

Carbide India Limited (UCIL)pesticide plant

in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.

The leakage caused many short term health effects in the surrounding areas. Apart from MIC, the gas cloud may have

contained phosgene, hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen

chloride,oxides of nitrogen, monomethyl amine (MMA) and carbon dioxide, either

produced in the storage tank or in the atmosphere.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_runaway

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Case study 2

IR. David Kaufman, a partner in the Litigation Section, successfully represented

Honeywell, Inc., a defendant in litigation brought by workers who were injured and

the estates of workers who were killed in the largest industrial accident in the

history of Mississippi.

In May 2002, an explosion occurred at the Rouse Polymeric rubber recycling facility

in Vicksburg, resulting in a number of fatalities and multiple injuries to the workers.

A number of lawsuits were brought in Warren County Circuit Court against several

defendants, including Honeywell, Inc., seeking millions of dollars in damages for

each injured worker and the estates of the workers killed in the accident.

Mr. Kaufman aggressively pursued and obtained summary judgment from the Court

on behalf of Honeywell; Honeywell was dismissed only nine months after being

joined as a defendant while discovery was in its early stages. This is the second

major explosion case that Mr. Kaufman successfully defended for a Brunini client.

Mr. Kaufman previously was lead counsel for Mississippi Chemical Corporation in

litigation arising out of the massive explosion of an ammonium nitrate

manufacturing facility located in Sioux City, Iowa, the largest identified accident in

the history of that state. Mr. Kaufman and his Brunini team not only successfully

defended against the claims brought against their client, but they also recovered a

multi-million dollar judgment against the manufacturers on Mississippi Chemical’s

defamation claim

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Mitigation Strategies

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Hazard Mapping

Community preparednes

s

Land use

planning


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Hazard Mapping

Inventories and maps of storage

locations of toxins or hazardous

substance along with the possible

characteristics should be displayed

and known to all. The community

staying in the immediate vicinity

should be aware of this hazard and

its possible effects in case of an

accident. The map should determine

the area that may get affected in

case an accident occurs. A safe

route for evacuation in case of

emergency should be marked on the

map.

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Land use planning

Densely populated residential areas should be located at a

distance from industrial areas. A buffer zone should separate

the industrial and the residential zone. Better planning is

required to handle the waste that is generated so that the

environment is not affected. Safe disposal methods should be

planned before setting up any industry. Waste disposal sites

should be identified as part of the planning process.

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Community preparedness

The community should be aware of the hazardous

installations and know how to combat the situation. The

local community has to be informed about the response

steps to be taken in case of an accident. Community

members should monitor the pollution levels of the industry

and participate in mock drills for evacuation.

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