Several workers trapped following mishap at cement factory in Rajgangpur

A fatal mishap occurred on Thursday at the Dalmia Cement factory in Rajgangpur in Sundargarh district, leaving around four workers trapped under a collapsed coal hopper.

According to sources, a coal hopper used for storage collapsed, leading to four workers getting trapped beneath the debris. Till the filling of the report, rescue operations were going on, with emergency services striving to ensure the safe recovery of those trapped.

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The mishap occurred when stocks were being loaded onto the coal hopper.

The fatal incident has triggered heightened tensions around the cement factory premises, as concern grows for the safety of the affected workers.

No comments were received from the factory authorities in this regard.

Worth mentioning, in an earlier incident, at least five persons including an officer and four workers were injured in an explosion inside Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), on September 28 last year. The mishap had occurred at SMS-1 of the plant. The workers sustained burn injuries allegedly after molten iron splashed on them.

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The labourers’ association blamed the plant authorities for the mishap.

“The hood of SMS-1 usually gets cloaked and there was no problem in clearing it. As there was water leakage, hot molten iron fell on water which caused a blast, leading to the accident,” Rourkela labourers’ outfit general secretary Prasant Behera had said.

Reported By: Biswaketan Ray