1985 Val di Stava dam collapse

Two mine tailings dams in northeastern Italy failed suddenly, releasing approximately 180,000 cubic metres of tailings that buried the villages of Stava and Tesero. The case study records 268 people killed and damage of 133 to 150 million euro. It attributes the collapse to a combination of physical and human factors, including stability analyses that were inadequate during design and construction and warning signs that were ignored.

Date
1985-07-19
Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)
268
What the pin marks
The tailings dams above Stava, as the cited page positions them.
Where the position is published
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_di_Stava_dam_collapse

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: italy, tailings dam, mining

Coordinates: 46.32058, 11.50067

Part of Dam failures that killed 100 or more people since 1900

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