In an accident at Adani Power limited’s one of the nine units of 4,600 MW thermal power plant near Mundra town in Kutch district at least 21 injured on Wednesday.
The workmen received burns in the accident, said a company spokesman adding that eight of the injured with “nominal injuries” were provided first-aid while the remaining 13, who suffered various levels of injuries, were shifted to Ahmedabad and were being provided “high quality” medical care at super-specialty hospitals.
The company has constituted a multi-disciplinary, cross-functional team of experts to investigate the incident and submit report within 10 days.
“Hot water got splashed from the vent of a flash tank during start-up after a two-day shut-down. “During the start-up, some steam is normally allowed to vent,” said company statement, adding that as a result of workmen working in the unit were affected by the splashing of hot water, following which the unit was shut down.