Jharsuguda: Two people died and five sustained critical injuries after a metal plate fell on them at a factory at Budhipadar in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district on Tuesday, according to sources.
The injured workers were rushed to a local hospital and later shifted to VSS Medical College and Hospital, Burla. The mishaps occured at Orissa Metaliks Private Limited (OMPL) plant in Jharsuguda today at 11 am, sources said.
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According to sources, the workers were on duty near the blast furnace when a large metal plate fell on seven of them.
This is the second such incident in last one month at the factory where gas leak had claimed the life of a worker on August 6, sources added.
