industrial accidents

Beijing, March 31 Four people were killed and nine others were injured following an explosion at a highway tunnel under construction in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, local officials said on Tuesday.The blast occurred on Monday afternoon at a construction site for a section of the...

Kochi, March 28 A protest over the death of a man from Bihar after a fire at an oil company in the Edayar industrial area ended on Saturday after the company agreed to pay Rs 15 lakh in compensation to the victim's family.Shathrukan Mukhiya (42), an employee of Cee Jee Lubricants, died after a...

Prayagraj, March 24 Police on Tuesday arrested Ansar Ahmad, the owner of the cold storage facility that collapsed in the Phaphamau area here, killing four workers and injuring several others, officials said.Deputy Commissioner of Police (Ganga Nagar) Kuldeep Gunawat said an FIR was registered...

Seoul, March 21 – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung visited the site of a fire at an auto parts factory in the central city of Daejeon on Saturday to inspect relief efforts and meet with bereaved families and victims.Lee made the visit a day after the fire, which left at least 14 people...

Jaipur, March 13 Three workers died allegedly after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a sludge tank at a textile factory in the industrial area of Balotra, Rajasthan, on Friday, officials said.The workers, Gumanaram (25), Vishambhar Tiwari (54), and Shravan (32), all residents of the area, had...

New Delhi, March 7 A factory owner and his son died after falling into a well at a pickle manufacturing unit in Nangloi, a suburb of Delhi, on Saturday evening, police said.The police were alerted by a caller who reported that two or three people had fallen into a well at a factory in Rao...

Mumbai, March 6 At least 11 people, mostly workers, were injured in an explosion at a chemical factory in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra on Friday, police said.The explosion occurred at the Dr Khan Industrial Consultants (DKIC) unit, located in the Lote Parshuram MIDC (chemical zone)...

Mumbai, March 4 The recent explosion at an explosives manufacturing unit in Nagpur, in which 19 people died, is the result of government negligence, Congress legislature party leader Vijay Wadettiwar alleged in the Maharashtra assembly on Wednesday.Claiming that 43 workers have lost their...

Nagpur, March 2 The bodies of 12 of the 19 workers who died in a powerful explosion at a detonator manufacturing unit in Nagpur district were handed over to their families for last rites after DNA matching was completed, officials said on Monday.At least 19 workers died and 23 others were...

Nagpur, March 2 A day after a powerful explosion at an explosives manufacturing unit in Nagpur district killed 19 workers, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday called for 100 per cent automation of certain protocols and processes in the manufacturing of explosives.The...

Nagpur, March 2 Maharashtra minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Monday that the SBL Energy Limited, based in Nagpur, was "negligent" in the blast that claimed 19 lives, and the explosives manufacturer failed to follow safety measures.The Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation...

Nagpur, March 2 The death toll in the explosion at the Nagpur explosives company has risen to 19 after one more person died, police said on Monday.Twenty-three other injured workers were being treated in hospitals here, a police official said.The death toll in the explosion at the SBL Energy...

Nagpur, March 1 At least 18 workers died and 24 others were injured, most critically, in an explosion that occurred at an explosives manufacturing factory in Nagpur district, Maharashtra, on Sunday morning, police said.The explosion took place at the detonator packing unit of SBL Energy...

Nagpur, March 1 At least 18 workers died, and 24 others were injured, most critically, in a powerful explosion that occurred at an explosives manufacturing factory in Nagpur district, Maharashtra, on Sunday morning, police said.The explosion took place at the detonator packing unit of SBL...

Mumbai, March 1 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday described the explosion at an explosives factory in the Nagpur district as "extremely tragic and unfortunate," and said a detailed investigation has been ordered into the incident.At least 17 people were killed and 18...

Nagpur, March 1 At least 15 people were killed in an explosion at an explosives factory in Nagpur district, Maharashtra, on Sunday, police said.The explosion occurred at the SBL Energy Limited factory, a manufacturer of mining and industrial explosives, located in Raulgaon, Katol tehsil.The...

New Delhi, February 28 Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in an explosion in the Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh and demanded a thorough investigation into the incident.In a post on X, he also demanded that the state government provide...

Vetlapalem (Andhra Pradesh), February 28 The cracker unit explosion in the Kakinada district on Saturday, which claimed 21 lives and critically injured several others, came less than six months after the Rayavaram explosion in the Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema district, located less than 30 km away...