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INDUSTRIAL
Lessons from the
Worst Industrial
Engineering Disasters
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N
ature
has
claimed
many
lives
across
the
globe with its unexpected
calamities. But things are
different with an industrial
disaster. They don’t just claim
lives but shake you from
within. There have been cas-
es when the precautionary
steps taken by the industries
could not save life and so,
the people affected by them
have no choice but to live
with the damage caused by
them. Their mistakes have
definitely taught us some of
the biggest lessons of our life.

In this list, we will
find out the worst indus-
trial engineering disasters
that have ever occurred to
humanity.
Courrieres Mine Disaster, France
It was on March 10, 1906 that the
burning of methane by the naked
flame of a miner’s lamp led to
Europe’s worst mining accident,
resulting in dust explosion dev-
astating a coal mine and killing
around 1099 miners. This also led
to an increase number of black
lung disease cases.
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