A South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL) worker was killed on Sunday after he fell on a conveyor belt in an underground coal mine in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district, police said.
The incident took place at around 4 am in the Surakachhar coal mine of SECL, a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd. The deceased was identified as mine driller Ramcharan Uraon (59), Baki Mogra Station House Officer Rajesh Jangade said.
As per preliminary information, after completing drilling work, Uraon was walking along the conveyor belt meant to transport coal outside the mine when he slipped and fell on the belt, leaving him with head injuries.
He was declared dead on arrival at the SECL Hospital.
