what is meant by industrial disasters with example
- Industrial disaster means any accident that happens during working hours in the factory site as a result of mishandling of dangerous materials, technical defects, etc.
- These disasters affect the human lives, material goods and society at large.
- The Bhopal disaster was one of the saddest industrial disasters happened on 3 December 1984.
- It was due to leakage of the poisonous gas Methyl Isocynate (MIC) gas with Hydrogen Cyanide in the Union Carbide India Limited factory.
- More than 3500 people were killed. The impact is such that the people and animals in this area suffer from acute health problems even today.