What would happen if the large hadron collider broke?

Question: What would happen if the large hadron collider broke?
- Keywords:
  experiment,
  hadron,
  LHC
Asked by Matt11 to Rob on 18 Nov 2014.
- Rob Appleyard answered on 18 Nov 2014:
  
  It did, back in 2008. An electrical fault caused some of the coolant to heat up and turn from liquid into gas. That caused an explosion which damaged about 100 of the magnets. They had to close the collider for a year while they repaired things.

Question: What would happen if the large hadron collider broke?