Tension prevailed in the smelter plant of Nalco here after a 42-year-old worker died after falling around 90 feet off a building in the premises on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Akshay Dehuri of Tulasipal village in the district.
The incident took place at around 10 am when Dehuri was laying asbestos sheets on the building of RPO civil department of the smelter plant. He apparently lost balance and fell down.Following the mishap, family members of the deceased staged a demonstration in front of the plant demanding compensation and a job to a kin. Nalco Thika Mazdoor Sangha president Babuli Sethi and Nalco Nirman Mazdoor Sangha vice-president Prasanna Mohanty also took part in the dharna.