Relevancy of Incidents

Historical Average Financial Loss for Major Incidents 

The following is a brief selective listing of major worldwide fire and explosion incidents within the hydrocarbon and chemical industries during the last 25 years (1970 - 1994), both onshore and offshore. Numerous smaller incidents have been recorded that are not listed here but may be studied in other references. Where the number of fatalities has been reported in public accounts they are listed next to the financial loss. Financial losses are direct property damage losses and do not include business interruption, legal, or environmental impacts. 

Drilling barge struck shallow gas followed by explosion and fireball 

Gulf of Mexico, Main Pass Block 41, Platform C, Fire Unmanned automated platform, cause of accident unknown. 

Gulf of Mexico, Galveston Island Block 189, Platform A, Explosion/Fire 

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Finally, the public health relevance of incidence data may be limited by the investigator s choice of data for the denominator. For example, a study may report the incidence of ciguatera as 100 per... 

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