Six migrant workers from West Bengal working in a tyre-melting unit near Chettipalayam on the outskirts of the city were badly injured when a boiler in the unit burst around 11 a.m. on Thursday.
Inquiries revealed that the labourers belonged to the village of Sangosh Tea Garden in Alipurduar district of West Bengal.
The victims - J. Saroj (23), A. Dharun (20), A. Gunal (19), S. Birjun (20), C. Preetham (25) and D. Bikash (19) — suffered 100 per cent burns and were rushed to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital .
They were among the 10 labourers from West Bengal working at Sri Nagalakshmi Pyrolysis Company at Orattukuppai .
After preliminary inquiry, police said that the injured were at work near the boiler, two others were preparing food and two were watering plants when the accident took place. While some labourers claimed that the boiler went off when they opened it on the instruction of the supervisor, the police said that the boiler exploded, exposing the victims to intense heat.
Four of the workers had joined the unit only 10 days ago and did not have prior experience working under such conditions. Others were working there for about eight months. Hospital authorities said that the workers’ chances of survival were very less as they suffered severe burns all over the body. Judicial Magistrate-II of the Coimbatore Combined Court, Rajkumar, recorded the declaration of the victims. They were then put under sedation.
After visiting the patients and speaking to labourers at the unit, District Revenue Officer T. Christuraj told The Hindu that officials from the Pollution Control Board and Inspectorate of Factories were conducting an investigation at the site.
Inquiries revealed that the labourers belonged to the village of Sangosh Tea Garden in Alipurduar district of West Bengal.
The victims - J. Saroj (23), A. Dharun (20), A. Gunal (19), S. Birjun (20), C. Preetham (25) and D. Bikash (19) — suffered 100 per cent burns and were rushed to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital .
They were among the 10 labourers from West Bengal working at Sri Nagalakshmi Pyrolysis Company at Orattukuppai .
After preliminary inquiry, police said that the injured were at work near the boiler, two others were preparing food and two were watering plants when the accident took place. While some labourers claimed that the boiler went off when they opened it on the instruction of the supervisor, the police said that the boiler exploded, exposing the victims to intense heat.
Four of the workers had joined the unit only 10 days ago and did not have prior experience working under such conditions. Others were working there for about eight months. Hospital authorities said that the workers’ chances of survival were very less as they suffered severe burns all over the body. Judicial Magistrate-II of the Coimbatore Combined Court, Rajkumar, recorded the declaration of the victims. They were then put under sedation.
After visiting the patients and speaking to labourers at the unit, District Revenue Officer T. Christuraj told The Hindu that officials from the Pollution Control Board and Inspectorate of Factories were conducting an investigation at the site.