India: Worker at factory supplying garment industry dies and two others injured, allegedly due to management negligence
"Factory worker dies of boiler explosion, negligence case filed"
Police said that boiling water mixed with chemicals fell on the three workers due to the explosion on August 21, leading to severe burn injuries. Manoj Singhal, 44, the machine operator died in the course of treatment at Delhi’s Safdarjung hospital on August 31.
Officials of a factory were booked on Sunday for negligence after a worker died and two others got severely injured due to explosion in a dying machine boiler in Sector 37 last month. The factory manufactures and exports raw material used by the garment industry.
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Police were informed about the incident on September 9 ... An FIR was registered against unidentified factory officials under Section 106 (causing death by negligence) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Sector 10 police station on September 15.
The machine operator had sustained over 75% burn injuries ...
His wife said that he told her at the hospital that the explosion took place due to the administration’s negligence and improper maintenance of machinery, police said.
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