Remembering an Accident: MESIT Factory Collapse
This day in history…an explosion occurred that remains a mystery to this day.
On November 23, 1984, in Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia, part of the MESIT factory collapsed. It is unknown the exact root cause, but this manufacturing plant disaster killed 18 workers and injured 43. Being in the mid 1980’s, the communist regime decided to keep the accident a secret from the public. People speculate it was to hide confidential work from the rest of the world. However, media caught a hold of it from an anonymous source which then spread across the sea to western media. Although not much is known, it’s no secret that proactive measures need to be enforced and investigations must always be done to make improvements.
