DescriptionFatalities in engineering disaster, 1900-2023.svg
English: Beeswarm plot shows three different kind of engineering’s disasters (industrial, infrastructure and transport) with the highest death toll from 1900 to 2023, focusing exclusively on those resulted in more than a hundred deaths, highlighting the most devastating events in terms of human lives lost. The size of the dots represents the number of deaths, while the color represents the different continent where the disaster occurred.
Here is the list in chronological order of the annotations for industrial accidents (disaster type term used to describe a engineering accidents of an industrial nature/involving industrial buildings):
Bangladesh, 2013 - Rana Plaza collapse: The eight-storey Rana Plaza commercial building collapsed due to structural failure;
Here is the list in chronological order of the annotations for infrastructure accidents (disaster type term used to describe a engineering accidents of a non-industrial or transport nature):
Saudi Arabia, 1990 - Mecca tunnel tragedy: People were suffocated and trampled to death in a crowd crush or stampede event;
Saudi Arabia, 2015 - Mina stampede: The deadliest Hajj disaster in history.
Here is the list in chronological order of the annotations for transport accidents (disaster type term used to describe a engineering accidents involving mechanized models of transport):
EM-DATA, The International Disaster Database, Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disaster, https://public.emdat.be/login (To access to the dataset, you must first login request)
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This infographic highlights the disasters with highest death toll from 1900 to 2023, focusing exclusively on those resulted in more than 100 deaths.