27 years ago today, on the 3rd of June 1998, ICE 884 derailed at Eschede (Germany) after a wheel failure at high speed, collapsing an overpass on itself. 101 people died.

Nitric acid leak at the Austin Powder Company in Vinton County, Ohio. About 3000 gallons leaked from a 5000 gallon tank. 11th June 2025

Ruptured reboiler containing anhydrous Hydrogen Fluoride, Honeywell Geismar, Louisiana, 23rd Jan 2023

The reboiler catastrophically failed on January 23, 2023, during a startup of the 245 unit, which produces a refrigerant called HFC245a. The startup proceeded normally, until a reboiler within the unit suddenly exploded, releasing over 800 pounds of anhydrous HF and over 1,600 pounds of toxic chlorine gas. The reboiler had thinned over time due to corrosion and the failure occurred under otherwise normal operating conditions. The Honeywell Geismar site did not effectively manage the thinning reboiler shell. Although the site had established acceptance criteria, inspected the reboiler, and successfully detected a deficiency prior to failure, the site did not effectively communicate the issue to all appropriate stakeholders and did not take all of its own prescribed actions for deficiency management. A capital replacement project was initiated to replace the thinning reboiler, but the Honeywell unit maintenance engineer left the company and the project was not reassigned. The issue essentially fell through the cracks of Honeywell's Management Of Organizational Change (MOOC) and the reboiler was run to failure. No personnel were within the unit, and no injuries resulted from the incident. Honeywell reported $4 million in property damage resulting from this incident, and a complex-wide shelter-in-place order was initiated at the facility, which included two neighboring manufacturing companies. Local officials also temporarily closed nearby highways. The incident was one of three anhydrous Hydrogen Fluoride toxic releases that led the CSB to investigate at the Honeywell Geismar plant, including a gasket failure that caused an operator fatality. [Full CSB report](https://www.csb.gov/file.aspx?DocumentId=6295)

The 2008 Moravany (Czechia) Train Collision. A faulty valve, poor programming and unfit sand cause a locomotive to crash into the back of a passenger train. 1 person dies. The full story linked in the comments.

North Korea's New Destroyer Capsizes at Launch (May 2025)