In a major mishap at Tata Steel plant, an employee, Alok Kumar Sinha, who was posted at Coke Ovens plant inside the company lost one of his legs on Friday morning.
Sinha was immediately rushed to Tata Main Hospital from where he was shifted to Fortis Hospital in Kolkata. An aircraft of Tata Steel was pressed into service to take the injured employee for advance care. Sinha is a senior associate at the Coke Ovens plant.
The mishap took place as the employee's right leg was trapped in a conveyer belt during an inspection of charging of coal at around 5.30 am. The running conveyer belt trapped him and his leg was injured. His leg had to be amputed at Tata Main Hospital where he had been rushed soon after the mishap.
"Yes the incident took place at around 5.30 am, when Sinha (38) was inspecting the charging process of coal at that plant. Accidentally his right leg was trapped in the chain conveyer and received injuries. later his leg had to be amputed above the ankle," said an official.
He said that the victim was rushed to Tata Main Hospital immediately and by 9.45 am, he was sent to Fortis Hospital in Kolkata by a company's aircraft. The company is providing the best medical care to the injured official who is now recovering from grievous injuries.
General manager, Tata Main Hospital, G Ramdas informed that the injured company official was accompanied with a team of doctors to Fortis Hospital.
On November 16, 2015 12 workers were injured after an explosion that took place at the Coke Plant inside Tata Steel Jamshedpur works. The explosion took place during maintenance job in the ammonia scrubber unit of the coke plant. In November 2013 too, about 11 employees including contractual workers had sustained serious injuries following an explosion in the lD#2 gas holder inside the works. later, during the course of treatment a 51-year-old employee who had sustained head injuries died.