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Godbout's Links  Editor’s Pick JULY 16, 2009 6:28PM  Weekly 10:
The 10 Deadliest US Industrial Accidents  Rate: 14 Flag  Most of
us never think that our workplace could be the place of our own
deaths.  When death occurs in the work place it can have
consequences that effect an entire industry, and even an entire
country. Labor laws, unions, and workplace safety groups, such
as OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), have
their roots deeply embedded in tragic industrial accidents.
Industrial accidents are defined as mass disasters caused by
industrial companies either by accident or negligence. In this
week's Weekly 10, I bring you the 10 deadliest of these
industrial accidents.  1. Texas City Explosion (c.550-600
deaths): The worst industrial disaster in US history took place
on April 16, 1947 in the port city of