State labour commissioner Pooja Singhal has formed a two-member probe panel to investigate into the safety lapses that led to a massive explosion at Tata Steel Works here on Thursday.
The probe panel comprising chief factory inspector, Awadesh Kumar Singh and deputy chief inspector of factories, AK Mishra will submit the findings to the labour commissioner by Monday.The labour commissioner accompanied by the two-member probe panel visited the Tata Steel Works on Friday morning. The team went to lD-2 gas container holder where the mishap took place.
She directed Tata Steel officials to stop production at the site of the explosion. “I have instructed the Tata Steel officials not to start production at the lD-II till we are satisfied with the safety drills. There was no negligence on the part of the Tata Steel management,” she said while talking to meadia at the Circuit House after the inspection
“ Prima facie, lack of safety drill is one of the reasons for the massive explosion. Precise reasons behind the explosion will be arrived at after thorough probe only,” noted Singhal. The deputy chief of inspector, factories, Mishra, who accompanied Singhal to the plant, informed that lD gas holder contained 60 per cent of carbon monoxide, 17 per cent of carbon dioxide and 5 per cent of nitrogen.
Eleven employees and contract workers of Tata Steel sustained serious injuries following an explosion in the lD 2 gas holder inside its Jamshedpur Steel Works on Thursday afternoon. The injured were rushed to Tata Main Hospital.
Injured rushed to Medanta Medicity
Jamshedpur: The 51-year-old employee BN Sikdar of Tata Steel who sustained severe injuries was rushed to New Delhi for better care at Medanta Medicity. Sikdar was admitted to Critical Care Unit (CCU) after severe head injuries. On Thursday, the explosion in the 80,000 cubic meter capacity gas holder caused burn and splinter injury to 11 workers including five company employees. Taking lesson from the incident, Singhal has ordered inspection of the gas holders of all major steel plants in State including SAIl.