[1]Owner of B.C.Ingegneria Co.Tec.Design Firm Researcher in Mine Engineering Via Satta 104 Cagliari 09128 Italy;
[2]Chairman of the Stava 1985 Foundation(Charity) LocalitàStava 17 Tesero 38038 Italy;
[3]Professor of Engineering and Environmental Geology Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Via Nervi 78 Modena 41125 Italy;
[4]Researcher in Geotechnical Engineering SRK Consulting Inc. 1066 W Hastings St Vancouver BC V6E 3X2 Canada;
Stava disaster; tailings dam failure; safety measures and incident prevention;