The Korba unit of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) on Thursday informed that the six contract workers of Indwell company and two engineers of the NTPC Korba unit who were affected by sudden release of ash at its Unit 7 Boiler on Wednesday were out of danger and had been discharged from the hospital.
During cleaning of ash accumulated at Unit 7 Boiler on August 6, there was a sudden release of ash affecting eight people working nearby, a NTPC press release issued here stated.
All of them (contract workers and employees) having burn injuries were shifted to Apollo Hospitals, Bilaspur after initial treatment at NTPC Hospital located in the Township at Korba. It is to be noted here that the unit was stopped since August 5 to carry out the routine cleaning work, it stated. Presently, all the victims including six contract workers of Indwell and two engineers of NTPC Korba are found to be out of danger. Three of them are likely to be releasedon Thursday.
One contract worker, Bond Ram Prajapati (34) has suffered more injuries and therefore he may be under treatment for some more time. NTPC management is constantly monitoring the situation and is taking extreme care of all the victims, it stated.