How to Use industrial accident in a Sentence

industrial accident

noun
  • Skarsgård plays her husband, Jan, who works on an oil rig and is paralyzed in an industrial accident.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • To hear insiders tell it, the reason why Bangladesh hasn’t had another Rana Plaza-like industrial accident has mostly boiled down to luck.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 15 Dec. 2025
  • An employee was burned during an industrial accident in Warren, Michigan.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Defendants have denied wrongdoing, calling it an industrial accident.
    Scott Lebar. Story Produced With Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
  • The defendants have denied wrongdoing, calling the explosion an industrial accident.
    Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • Police and firefighters rushed to the factory after receiving reports of an industrial accident, but despite immediate life-saving efforts, Cherone was pronounced dead at the scene.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In 1889, an industrial accident sparked a devastating fire in Seattle, Washington, destroying 120 acres of the city center, including the majority of the city’s commercial district and waterfront.
    ABC News, 18 May 2026
  • Richmond Police Department spokesperson Lieutenant Donald Patchin said the fatal incident appears to be an industrial accident, according to KTVU.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The West Milwaukee Police Department confirmed in a release that its officers attended the scene of the incident alongside the Milwaukee Fire Department following a report of an industrial accident.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025

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