Willow Island disaster
1978 construction accident in West Virginia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Willow Island disaster was the collapse of a cooling tower under construction at the Pleasants Power Station at Willow Island, West Virginia, on April 27, 1978. Fifty-one construction workers were killed. It is thought to be the deadliest construction accident in U.S. history.[1][2][3]
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Date | April 27, 1978 (1978-04-27) |
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Location | Willow Island, West Virginia |
Coordinates | 39.367238°N 81.291484°W / 39.367238; -81.291484 |
Cause | Failure of scaffolding |
Deaths | 51 |
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