Accidents happen, and when mishap and misfortune strike in an industrial scenario, the results are very often tragic. Take a look at this gallery of some truly dreadful disasters that have claimed ...

It was the worst industrial accident in U.S. history. Besides the eerie timing, Wednesday's plant fire and explosion and the Texas City disaster had the same cause in common: chemical fertilizer.

The worst thing in their near future appeared to ... Unlike with a nuclear accident where you can use a Geiger counter to be quite certain that you won’t come into contact with any hazardous ...

The deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant that ripped through the town of West, Texas, on Wednesday, stirred echoes of one of the worst industrial accidents in United States history, which struck ...

Hundreds of people are feared to have been killed or injured by an explosion in a port city in southern Iran on Saturday.The ...

Death of 63-year-old’s son still haunts him, but Tsui has devoted life to helping others who have experienced similar ...

Source: Rolls Press/Popperfoto/Getty Images It a story that begins with the collapse of the West Gate Bridge in 1970 and the deaths of 35 workers in Australia’s worst industrial accident.

Industrial accidents occur frequently in China, usually related to a lack of safety measures and illegal construction and storage. Separately, 17 people were injured Wednesday in an explosion at a ...

Nearly three years after his 25-year-old son died in one of Hong Kong’s worst industrial accidents, Tsui is still trying to understand the cause of the tragedy at the construction site where a ...