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Causes and list of disasters
Engineering disasters often arise from shortcuts or errors in the design process. Engineering is the science and technology used to meet the needs and
Engineering_disasters
1993 American television series
1970s, 24 original Engineering Disasters episodes have been on Modern Marvels. The packaging on the box set of Engineering Disasters episodes 4-20 (as
Modern_Marvels
natural disaster risk List of all known deadly earthquakes since 1900 List of disasters in Canada List of disasters in Indonesia List of disasters in the
List of natural disasters by death toll
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eruptions by death toll These are lists of disasters caused by accidental human action. List of accidents and disasters by death toll List of aviation accidents
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1988 explosions and fire in Nevada
at the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) chemical plant in Henderson, Nevada, United States. The disaster caused two fatalities
PEPCON_disaster
Applied science and research
Earthquake engineering Engineer Engineering disasters Engineering economics Engineering education Engineering education research Environmental engineering science
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1981 structural collapse in Kansas City, Missouri
the hope of preventing future mistakes. 1980s portal Engineering disasters Erfurt latrine disaster, a floor collapse that occurred on 26 July 1184 List
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse
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Lake in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, US
rig disasters – Offshore Drilling Rig Accidents". Archived from the original on September 12, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2017. "Engineering Disasters 5"
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and returned safely to Earth on April 17. Engineering disasters Industrial disasters List of maritime disasters List of spaceflight-related accidents and
Engineering failures in the U.S.
Engineering_failures_in_the_U.S.
British TV presenter (born 1979)
Retrieved 30 December 2020. "When Buildings Collapse: World's Worst Engineering Disasters". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020. "Britain's Lost Battlefields
Rob_Bell_(TV_presenter)
List of engineering errors
months of operation Category:Engineering failures; not all of them are due to engineering errors Engineering disasters Catastrophic failure Structural
List_of_engineering_blunders
1982 studio album by Dead Kennedys
Surgery Disasters, the main stuff I was listening to was Bauhaus, Les Baxter and The Groundhogs." "Charts.nz – Dead Kennedys – Plastic Surgery Disasters". Hung
Plastic_Surgery_Disasters
This article lists notable industrial disasters, disasters caused by industrial companies, either by accident, negligence or incompetence. They are a form
List_of_industrial_disasters
Type of adverse event
to reduce the disaster risks. Nature alone is blamed for disasters even when disasters result from failures in development. Disasters also result from
Natural_disaster
Columbian author & academic
reducing vulnerability and losses, recovering from disasters, prepare for catastrophes and disasters. Early on in 2004, he indicated a need for rethinking
Omar-Darío_Cardona_Arboleda
2001 aviation accident in New York
Air Crash". Seconds from Disaster. Season 3. Episode 3. September 6, 2006. National Geographic Channel. "Engineering Disasters 20". Modern Marvels. Season
American_Airlines_Flight_587
Investigation of failures associated with legal intervention
use forensic engineers to prove liability or nonliability. Most engineering disasters (structural failures such as bridge and building collapses) are
Forensic_engineering
Liberian oil tanker that exploded in Los Angeles harbor in 1976
details of the incident were featured as the first segment of the Engineering Disasters in an episode of History Channel's Modern Marvels television series
SS_Sansinena
[ This list of disasters in Canada includes major disasters, either man-made or natural, that occurred in Canada as currently defined or in adjacent waters
List_of_disasters_in_Canada
Former dam in Los Angeles County, California, US
what is considered to have been one of the worst American civil engineering disasters of the 20th century and the third-greatest loss of life in California
St._Francis_Dam
Oil platform destroyed by explosion and fire in 1988
13 November 2013. "Engineering Disasters: The Failure, Explosion, and Sinking of the Piper Alpha Platform". BrightHub Engineering. 29 April 2011. Archived
Piper_Alpha
1986 breakup of American orbiter
Florida portal 1980s portal Criticism of the Space Shuttle program Engineering disasters List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents List of photographs
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
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Overview of and topical guide to software engineering
escrow Feature interaction problem Certification (software engineering) Engineering disasters#Failure due to software Outline of software development List
Outline of software engineering
Outline_of_software_engineering
1937 airship fire in the US
dirigibles; their triumphs and disasters. Boston: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-21397-2. Lawson, Don S. (2005). Engineering disasters: lessons to be learned
Hindenburg_disaster
Former suspension bridge (stood 1928–1967)
Justin (September 25, 2019). "Untitled Engineering Disaster Podcast-like content Episode 1: The Silver Bridge Disaster". YouTube. Retrieved May 8, 2025. "National
Silver_Bridge
page lists the estimated economic costs of relatively recent disasters. The costs of disasters vary considerably depending on a range of factors, such as
List_of_disasters_by_cost
International engineering organization
Anti-corruption Disaster Risk Management Education in Engineering Energy Information & Communication Engineering & the Environment Engineering Capacity Building
World Federation of Engineering Organizations
World_Federation_of_Engineering_Organizations
Railway bridge across the River Tay, Scotland
everybody on board. The incident is one of the worst bridge-related engineering disasters in history. An enquiry determined that the bridge was insufficiently
Tay_Bridge
disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters
List of accidents and disasters by death toll
List_of_accidents_and_disasters_by_death_toll
1919 accident in Massachusetts, United States
the Flood" was based on the mid-20th century game Mille Bornes. List of disasters in Massachusetts by death toll List of non-water floods Honolulu molasses
Great_Molasses_Flood
1998 memoir of World War II by Belton Y. Cooper
an episode of the network History's show Modern Marvels entitled Engineering Disasters, which focused on the Sherman tank. Bibliography of World War II
Death_Traps
2003 American spaceflight accident
Clark's husband and son. Criticism of the Space Shuttle program Engineering disasters Expedition 6 List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster
while situated at another Engineering disasters – Causes and list of disasters Engineering management Environmental engineering law Entertainment law –
Engineering_law
1993 book by Loren Graham
who worked both voluntarily and involuntarily their lives. USSR Engineering Disasters from The Ghost of the Executed Engineer. Many engineers, including
The Ghost of the Executed Engineer
The_Ghost_of_the_Executed_Engineer
Disused gravity arch dam in Erto e Casso, Italy
was included in the 2008 documentary series Disasters of the Century. The TV show Seconds from Disaster featured the event in episode two, "Mountain
Vajont_Dam
Failed suspension bridge in Washington, US
traffic. The new parallel bridge opened to traffic in July 2007. Engineering disasters Humen Pearl River Bridge, suspension bridge that shook violently
Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1940)
1873 bridge collapse in Dixon, Illinois
total deaths and injuries, the event was one of the worst road bridge disasters in American history. A coroner's jury ruled that the Dixon City Council
Dixon_Bridge_Disaster
2005 deadly refinery accident
Oil Explosion". Seconds from Disaster. Season 3. Episode 10. National Geographic. "Modern Marvels: Engineering Disasters 20". Plex. December 6, 2006.
Texas_City_refinery_explosion
In software engineering, experimenting with the product to test extreme situations
Data Center Disasters". Forbes. Retrieved 26 August 2024. Principle of Chaos Engineering – The Chaos Engineering manifesto Chaos Engineering – Adrian Hornsby
Chaos_engineering
Discipline applying geological science
specialized field of engineering with professional engineers who were also experts in geological or Earth sciences. Notable disasters that are attributed
Geological_engineering
Engineering discipline focused on the design and operation of chemical plants
Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving
Chemical_engineering
1989 aviation accident in Iowa
"Engineering Disasters" (season 6, episode 18) of Modern Marvels featured the crash. The accident was featured in an episode of Seconds from Disaster (S2E7
United_Airlines_Flight_232
1864 disaster in Sheffield, England
2007 Great Sheffield Gale, a lesser known disaster which devastated the city 98 years later List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll
Great_Sheffield_Flood
Industrial accident in North Lincolnshire, England (1974)
Executive List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll Various authors have compared it with the Tay Bridge disaster in one aspect or other
Flixborough_disaster
1983 aviation accident in Canada
and Marilyn Hoffer, Simon & Schuster, 1989 ISBN 978-0-671-69689-4 Engineering Disasters – Lessons to be Learned, Don Lawson, ASME Press, 2005, ISBN 0-7918-0230-2
Gimli_Glider
1957 radiological contamination disaster in the Soviet Union
Nuclear Disasters of the 20th century. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781425985127. Smith, R. Jeffrey (10 July 1989). "Soviets Tell About Nuclear Plant Disaster; 1957
Kyshtym_disaster
Canadian documentary television program
and other disasters. Mayday uses re-enactments and computer-generated imagery to reconstruct the sequence of events leading up to each disaster. In addition
Mayday_(Canadian_TV_series)
Topics referred to by the same term
petroleum service company; The Daily WTF, a humorous blog on software engineering disasters; Borland Turbo Debugger for Windows 3 Tradewind Airport, IATA code
TDW_(disambiguation)
Government engineering institute in Nepal
The Institute of Engineering (IOE) (Nepali: ईन्जिनियरिङ अध्ययन संस्थान), established in 1930, is one of the five technical institutes under Tribhuvan
Institute_of_Engineering
Chinese professional body and learned society
hydropower, geology and mining, railway transport, national defense engineering, disaster control, environmental protection. As of 2018, it has 6 subordinate
Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics & Engineering
Chinese_Society_for_Rock_Mechanics_&_Engineering
Bridge in Quebec City and Lévis, Quebec
(2005). Engineering Disasters – Lessons to be Learned. ASME Press. p. 186. ISBN 0-7918-0230-2. "Kahnawake Mohawks mark 1907 Quebec bridge disaster", 31 August
Quebec_Bridge
Dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies
"Mold Removal After a Disaster-PSAs for Disasters". www.cdc.gov. February 28, 2019. "American Psychological Association_Disasters". Archived from the original
Emergency_management
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 17 (8): 819. doi:10.1021/ie50188a015. Miramas 1940 Tessenderlo Group "Texas City, Texas, Disaster". Texas City Firefighters
List of ammonium nitrate incidents and disasters
List_of_ammonium_nitrate_incidents_and_disasters
Government agency in Texas, USA
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service. Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX, pronounced "teeks") is a
Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
Texas_A&M_Engineering_Extension_Service
American actor (born 1956)
narrated other History Channel series such as Command Decisions, Engineering Disasters, and Dogfights. He is known for voice-over work in various video
Lloyd_Sherr
1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union
the Chernobyl disaster – Continuing list of books about the Chernobyl meltdown List of industrial disasters Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive
Chernobyl_disaster
1896 coal mine cave-in in Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States
It was one of the largest coal mining disasters in Pennsylvania history (even larger than the Knox Mine disaster many decades later in nearby Port Griffith)
Twin_Shaft_disaster
1930 mining disaster in Athens County, Ohio
Mine Disaster Correction Ohio Geology, Winter 1996. Millfield Coal Mine Disaster "Meeting Again" at brickerdown.com Historic American Engineering Record
Millfield_Mine_disaster
Mw 7.6 earthquake in Hebei, China
Zhe (January 2018), "On civil engineering disasters and their mitigation" (PDF), Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 17 (1): 1–10, Bibcode:2018EEEV
1976_Tangshan_earthquake
1984 industrial accident near Mexico City, Mexico
5000–7000 suffering severe burns. It is one of the deadliest industrial disasters in world history, and the deadliest industrial accident involving fires
San_Juanico_disaster
Defect in an engineered system
In engineering, a bug is a design defect in an engineered system—such as software, computer hardware, electronics, circuitry, genome, or machinery—that
Bug_(engineering)
Bridge collapse and train wreck
onscreen recreation of the disaster. David Kirkaldy Harry Watts List of structural failures and collapses List of bridge disasters List of wind-related railway
Tay_Bridge_disaster
1956 train accident in India
accident is still among India's deadliest train disasters. Less than three months later, a very similar disaster, the 1956 Ariyalur train accident in Tamil
1956 Mahbubnagar train accident
1956_Mahbubnagar_train_accident
1900 explosion of a coal mine in Utah
coffins waiting for transport to disaster site List of coal mining disasters Powell, Allan Kent (1994), "Scofield Mine Disaster", Utah History Encyclopedia
Scofield_Mine_disaster
Body of rotating water produced by the meeting of opposing currents
However, temporary whirlpools caused by major engineering disasters, such as the Lake Peigneur disaster, have been recorded as capable of submerging medium-sized
Whirlpool
Soviet engineer (1953–1986)
Akimov graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute, with the degree of specialist in engineering and automation of heat and power processes
Aleksandr_Akimov
2006 highway tunnel disaster in Massachusetts, U.S.
in Big-Dig Death". The New York Times. Retrieved March 4, 2019. "Engineering Disaster 21". Modern Marvels. History Channel. 2007. Belluck, Pam; Zezima
Big_Dig_ceiling_collapse
Nuclear power plant in California, US
1959 Sodium Reactor Experiment incident during episode 19 of the Engineering Disasters documentary series. The segment features quotes from Dan Hirsch
Sodium_Reactor_Experiment
Railway accident in Switzerland
Jurabahn (later Jura–Simplon Railway), a private railway company. Eiffel's engineering company had already acquired the necessary experience, having previously
Münchenstein_rail_disaster
American engineering company
technical professional services firm based in Dallas. The company provides engineering, technical, professional, and construction services as well as scientific
Jacobs_Solutions
Train derailment in West Hartford, Vermont
The 1887 Hartford Railroad Disaster, also known as the West Hartford Bridge Disaster, occurred on February 5, 1887, near Hartford, Vermont. It remains
1887 Hartford Railroad Disaster
1887_Hartford_Railroad_Disaster
Indian engineer
the areas of structural dynamics, random vibrations, earthquake engineering, disaster mitigation, railway track dynamics, rainfall modeling and history
Rangachar_Narayana_Iyengar
1947 explosions in Texas City, Texas
A Guide to World's Worst Industrial Disasters. Alpha Edition. ISBN 978-93-85505-17-1. "1947 Texas City Disaster – April 16 & 17, 1947: Fire on the Grandcamp"
Texas_City_disaster
affected by natural disasters, with the country being in the Ring of Fire. Two out of the five most expensive natural disasters in recent history have
Natural_disasters_in_Japan
Canadian documentary television series
Temple Street Productions, the program investigates why and how various disasters have happened. As of 2006[update], two seasons have been produced. On
Blueprint_for_Disaster
Shallow saline lake in California, United States
who call the Salton Sea home. The History Channel's 2006 episode "Engineering Disasters 18" (#13-04), from the television documentary series Modern Marvels
Salton_Sea
1978 discovery of structural flaw in New York City
assignment in his freshman class on the basic concepts of structural engineering. John Zoldos of NJIT expressed reservations to DeCarolis about the building's
Citicorp Center engineering crisis
Citicorp_Center_engineering_crisis
Moral principles within the field of engineering
Engineering ethics is the field concerned with the system of moral principles that apply to the practice of engineering. The field examines and sets the
Engineering_ethics
Science of the movement, distribution, and quality of water on Earth
solve water related problems such as environmental preservation, natural disasters, and water management. Hydrology subdivides into surface water hydrology
Hydrology
Gold mine in California, United States
List of environmental disasters Smith Mine disaster Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church (Jackson, California) Monongah mining disaster Rasmussen, Cecilia
Argonaut_Mine
Soviet senior nuclear engineer (1960–1986)
the Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering with a specialist degree in nuclear power plant engineering. In March 1983, Toptunov began his career
Leonid_Toptunov
2005 studio album by Roger Miret and the Disasters
band Roger Miret and the Disasters. It was released on February 22, 2005. All tracks are written by Roger Miret and the Disasters. Roger Miret – vocals,
1984 (Roger Miret and the Disasters album)
1984_(Roger_Miret_and_the_Disasters_album)
1984 gas-leak accident in Bhopal, India
Industrial Disaster Is Still Unfolding". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2018. "Industrial disasters from Bhopal
Bhopal_disaster
Disaster involving one or more trains
Crush Lists of rail accidents List of accidents and disasters by death toll List of bridge disasters List of level crossing crashes Runaway train Signal
Railway_accident
Disasters of the Century A Distant Shore: African Americans of D-Day Dogfights Double 'F' Eating History Einstein Engineering Disasters Engineering an
List of programs broadcast by the History Channel
List_of_programs_broadcast_by_the_History_Channel
Series of landslides in Hong Kong
restricted, probably decreasing the death toll of the 1972 disasters. On 18 June, to cope with the disasters, all British Forces in the colony were mobilised,
1972_Hong_Kong_landslides
maritime disasters List of maritime disasters in the 18th century List of maritime disasters in the 19th century List of maritime disasters in the 20th
List of maritime disasters in World War II
List_of_maritime_disasters_in_World_War_II
1998 film
When Engineering Fails is a 1998 film written and presented by Henry Petroski. It examines the causes of major disasters, including the explosion of the
When_Engineering_Fails
Triage system for damaged buildings
officials, or, occasionally during disasters, by engineers deputized by the building official. Natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and mudslides
Color-tagged_structure
Type of disaster that occurs due to overcrowding
March 1993]. The Causes and Prevention of Crowd Disasters (PDF). First International Conference on Engineering for Crowd Safety (crowdsafe.com ed.). Archived
Crowd_collapses_and_crushes
Japanese-American structural engineer (born 1963)
the founder-CEO of Miyamoto International, a global structural engineering and disaster risk reduction organization. He is also the chairman of California's
Kit_Miyamoto
Canyon along San Francisquito Creek in the Sierra Pelona of California, United States
Francis Dam is considered to be one of the worst American civil engineering disasters of the 20th century and remains the second-greatest loss of life
San_Francisquito_Canyon
1973 construction accident
for Fall of High-Rise" The Washington Post, July 12, 1973: D1 "Engineering Disasters of the 70s". Modern Marvels. No. Season 13 Episode 20. History Channel
Skyline_Towers_collapse
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
see the wiki for Jerome, Pennsylvania.) There have been two noteworthy disasters at the Boswell mines. A methane gas explosion killed five miners in 1909
Boswell,_Pennsylvania
Transport portal Engineering portal List of dam failures List of structural failures and collapses List of accidents and disasters by death toll List
List_of_bridge_failures
American structural engineer and YouTuber
intros Problems playing this file? See media help. He co-hosts the engineering disaster podcast Well There's Your Problem, which was initially an offshoot
Justin_Roczniak
Subfield of safety science research
traffic control, rail engineering, health care, and emergency response to both natural and industrial disasters. Resilience engineering researchers have also
Resilience_engineering
1847 railway accident in England
iron. Cheshire portal List of bridge disasters List of structural failures and collapses Structural engineering Structural failure Simmons, Capt. J.L
Dee_Bridge_disaster
Maintaining or reestablishing vital information technology infrastructure
and natural disasters. Following best practices can enhance disaster recovery strategy for cloud-hosted systems: Flexibility: The disaster recovery strategy
IT_disaster_recovery
2002 video game
in natural disasters, not zombies". Polygon. July 18, 2018. Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2019. "Disaster Report - IGN"
Disaster_Report
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