Talk:List of industrial disasters

Asbestos exposure
I was wondering, don't you think that exposure to asbestos should be added to the list of industrial disasters? It's true enough that since casualties resulting from asbestos handling have been many and worldwide, a single "disaster" cannot be identified.. but it is also true that it'd be unjust to avoid reporting so many people killed due to construction industry villainy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.186.69.166 (talk) 17:31, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
 * A disaster is genrally taken to mean "an event". There is coverage of the dangers of asbestos in the asbestos article, so please feel free to help expand that.--Pontificalibus (talk) 17:34, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittenoom,_Western_Australia entire town vacated, area declared unlivable, miners contracted Asbestosis etc?

"The mining and milling of blue asbestos at Wittenoom is as of 2004 the greatest single industrial disaster in Australia's history.[7]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSR_Limited#Wittenoom_controversy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.226.5.113 (talk) 20:03, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

at all relevent? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.226.5.113 (talk) 19:48, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Nuclear disasters?
Is there any special reason that neither Harrisburg nor Tchernobyl are mentioned here, while relatively minor incidents are?
 * I imagine it's because no one knows what to do with the article. Any ideas? Melchoir 04:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
 * -Possibly an industrial disasters Kboom 9 May 2007

Shouldn't windscale be under the defense heading? It never produced anything that wasn't destined for a bomb, and never put any power on the grid — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.19.41.116 (talk) 16:20, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Yes, Windscale should absolutely be categorized as defense industry. The reactors produced no energy. They produced plutonium for nuclear warheads. rspeed (talk &#124; contribs) 19:06, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Paradox
In the Hamlet chicken processing plant fire, it states that 'Mining disasters are in a separate category', but the Courrières mine disaster is included in this list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.75.94.6 (talk) 23:52, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I added that statement to the Hamlet chicken processing plant fire article when it was the mainpage FA, after I did some research on how disasters are classified. My intent was more to justify the statement "worst industrial accident" in that article. I found it unreasonable that the death toll of 23 was the "worst", so I looked for North Carolina coal mining disasters, found Coal Glen, and wrote the Coal Glen mine disaster stub article.  Concerning this list: I think we should follow the convention and seperate out mining disasters, either onto a different page or at least into a separate section. -Arch dude (talk) 13:24, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Definition
I removed the definition for inclusion as I found it too arbitary: "The incidents listed resulted in either 10 direct deaths, 100 total deaths, or damage over more than $10 million USD."

First off, some disasters may not meeet these critera yet be notable for inclusion for being e.g. the worst of their type, such as the Auburn, Indiana disater which is listed. Secondly, disasters in developing countries, or events that occured a long time ago will be less likely to cause damage over $10 million USD.

To avoid accients being included in this list, but allow flexibility to include events which are unable to meet specific criterea, I would suggest the definition of disaster will suffice, i.e. where "great damage, injury or loss of life" is caused. -- Pontificalibus (talk) 16:27, 4 December 2009 (UTC)


 * This is definitely an improvement. I had just moved the old criteria out of a comment and into the intro, but your text is much better. &mdash; PretzelsHii! 17:01, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Mining or Chemical accident?
Just added info about Baia Mare cyanide spill in 2000 in Romania. I was little bit confused, because it was caused by activity of the mining company, but the accident it selves is a chemical contamination. So if someone thinks it's better to be moved to the Chemical industry accidents section, let feel free to move it. 89.253.183.25 (talk) 22:23, 5 October 2010 (EET)

Westgate Freeway
Perhaps the Westgate bridge collapse should be put under construction disasters. Quite a large number of workers were killed if I remember correctly. There should be sources on the Westgate bridge article.--Senor Freebie (talk) 01:34, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Can somebody add the Amoco Cadiz oil spill ?
The Amoco Cadiz Oil spill was the largest of its kind, larger than Exxon Valdez. It should be included in the Energy industry section. Since the page seems to be protected (why?) I can't add it. Someone please do it :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.54.130.244 (talk) 03:09, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Never mind; I wasn't logged in. Done — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tokidokix (talk • contribs) 03:25, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

..And in the food section how about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood huh, huh hmmmm... Beeer. Alanobrien (talk) 20:54, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

T2 Chemical Plant Explosion from lack of cooling system
Production of MCMT. must be added — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.111.179.108 (talk) 01:05, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Convert to sortable list?
It'd be far more useful as a sortable list to be able to identify highest death tolls, clusters of events, etc. Descriptions could be cleaned up in this format as well to provide the basic information and allow the individual event's page provide the proper context/background. 184.175.18.194 (talk) 13:53, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

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Energy = coal??
I think thatin the energy section, deaths from coal mining and air pollution should be included. these then become vastly dominant over other distasters.¬¬¬¬ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fsikkema (talk • contribs) 17:01, 12 January 2022 (UTC)