About six workers sustained burn injuries after the blast furnace in Shri Bajrang Ispat and Power limited, Urla erupted molten metal and fire due to some malfunctioning, on Friday. City Superintendent of Police (Urla) Shubhas Singh informed that about 6 workers of the company were injured in the incident out of which two were admitted in a city hospital.
According to police the injured have been identified as Rajesh Yadav (25), Vinod Sahu (45), Rampukar Sahu (42), Pushpendra Singh (29) all hailing from Bihar, Mithlesh Yadav and Rajkumar Singh duo native of Uttar Pradesh. “The incident happened around 10.30 am while the persons injured in mishap were working around the blast furnace,” informed Urla police. Suddenly due to some fault the molten metal and fire erupted from the furnace thereby injuring the employees working around it. Police further said after the mishap the injured workers were rushed to a city hospital were four of them were immediately discharged after first aid treatment. Two workers were however admitted in the hospital, police added.
Meanwhile after the accident Urla police has registered a case against the factory management in this connection, the CSP informed.