Roorkee: Four of the 11 workers, who suffered burn injuries after 300 kg of molten iron ore fell on them, died on Wednesday. The incident took place at an iron bar factory in Landhaura when the wire of a container carrying molten iron ore snapped on Sunday.“The four injured admitted to Safdarjung and RML hospitals have died,” said sub-inspector Pramod Kumar, in-charge, Landhaura police check post. The deceased have been identified as Yogendra Yadav from Siwan in Bihar, Rajiv and Sachin, both from Bihar’s Chhapra and Devanand from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh. While Yadav and Devanand were admitted to in Safadarjung hospital, Rajiv and Sachin were undergoing treatment in RML and all were in their 30s.
Around 125 workers were at Radiant Bar, an iron bar manufacturing unit of Rana Steels, at the time of the accident.
The container carrying molten iron ore, fresh from the furnace, was being transported when the wire it was attached to snapped. The jerk caused some of the molten iron from the container to spill before it hit the floor with a deafening thud. Within seconds, and before anyone could escape, more of the hot liquid splashed on to the workers while the rest of it formed several narrow streams on the floor.
Workers suffered burn injuries on their face, hands and other parts of the body.
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