2015 Shenzhen landslide
A landslide of construction waste occurred at Shenzhen, on 20 December 2015. It destroyed and buried industrial buildings and worker living quarters in the nearby industrial park. The death toll was 73, with 4 people reported missing. It was an industrial accident due to human negligence rather than a natural disaster. The local police arrested some of the people involved in the irregularities of the huge waste dump which had built up in the previous two years.
Summit Tunnel fire
The Summit Tunnel fire occurred on 20 December 1984, when a dangerous goods train caught fire while passing through the Summit Tunnel on the railway line between Littleborough and Todmorden on the Greater Manchester/West Yorkshire border, England. The tunnel, which is 2,885 yards (2,638 m) in length, was built in 1840-41. Twelve of the fourteen construction shafts were left open to help vent smoke and steam from the locomotives that passed through it. The biggest surprise was how well the brick lining had stood up to the fire.
Last death during Hoover dam construction
Last of 112 deaths associated with the construction of Hoover dam. Patrick Tierney, electrician's helper and the son of J.G. Tierney, fell from one of the two Arizona-side intake towers.
