A fire in an ethylene cracker plant disrupted a significant proportion of the insured’s production via its downstream business units (through which business interruption was measured).
A serious collision between two metro trains caused the death of one passenger and serious injuries to 11 others. An internal enquiry suggested driver/operator error was responsible, and claimed the central control room failed to activate the automatic breaking mechanism.
The incident took place in a multi-family apartment complex containing 37 buildings and 548 units. The foundations of two of the buildings ran alongside the top of a gravity stone retaining wall approximately 25 ft away.
The explosion of a pressure vessel and ensuing fire at a polypropylene plant caused extensive damage and a 16-month outage of the entire 400,000 tonne per year facility.
A fire at a chicken processing plant caused extensive damage and wiped out the entire processing line. Operations were shut down, requiring relocation to alternative sites. The incident was significant enough to change the price of chicken nationwide.
A major logistics provider was moving demobilised helicopters from Honiara (Solomons) back to Brisbane (Australia) on behalf of the Australian Government, when a container of 99,426 Bell 412 helicopter parts went missing.
