These are the disasters caused by industrial companies –

disaster

either by accident or negligence/incompetence

great damage to property, human life and environment

• Defense industry

• Manufacturing Industry

• Mining Industry

• Energy industry

• Chemical Industry

Defense:In defense accidents are mainly

caused by explosives in storage buildings

Improper maintenance or violating Standard Operating Procedures

º INS Sindhurakshak submarine- sinkeddue to explosions and 18 killed on board

º Military Storage Center in Rawalpindi, Pakistan exploded – more than 1300 killed

Manufacturing

Due to fire, explosion, electrocution

or building collapse

40 killed in fireworks factory explosion

in Sivakasi on 2012

An eight-story factory building collapsed

on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh,

and killed 1129 people.

Garment factory Building, Dhaka

Sivakasi Fire Work Explosion

Mining

fire, explosion, suffocation, formation of chemical gases, flood, landslide or earth wall collapse

Soma mine disaster in Turkey. An explosion occurred 2km below the surface. Fire and CO poisoning killed 301.

Dhanbad coal mine explosion killed 375 miners on 1965

Energy

accidents in power generating industries, nuclear reactors, oil- spill or explosion during transportation

Chernobyl disaster – uncontrolled reactor led to meltdown. Killed 100 & radiation affected 10,000 people.

December 9,2014 – an oil tanker collision caused 3.5L furnace oil spread in Sundarbans ,Bangladesh an protected mangrove area

Chemical Industryimproper maintenance and safety

procedures, unskilled workers

Bhopal Gas Tragedy – December 3,1984

MIC- Methyl Iso Cyanate gas leakage in a pesticide manufacturing company.

Reduction in investment led to old equipment, less no of workers and no maintenance to reduce loss by Union Carbide Ltd. Death toll around 15,000 within two weeks and 5 lakh people affected

10 workers buried alive after wall collapse of effluent tank in SIPCOT, Ranipet.

common effluent facility for 80 Tanneries, which had more sludge than its capacity and poor structure of unauthorized tank

1.5 lakh chemical sludge spread surrounding area and it will contaminate soil and ground water of that region