A worker was killed and 2 others
were injured when a large iron-plate fell on them during a welding work at a
shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong
The deceased is Md Farid, 22, son
of Maji Rahman, of Kazipur in Sirajganj while the injured are Alam, 20, and
Saiful, 22.
The accident happened at about
9:30am when they were cutting the iron-plate with cutting torch from a platform
beside a ship, said Rakibuddowla Chowdhury, manager of SRS Shipbreaking Yard.
At one stage of their work, the
joint of the plate got loose and the plate fell on Farid, killing him on the
spot.
Alam and Saiful got injured after
they jumped from the platform and landed in a muddy area in a bid to save
themselves from the falling plate, he said.
The injured were given primary
treatment, he added.
Aminul Islam, sub-inspector of
Sitakunda Police Station, said they sent the body to Chittagong Medical
College Hospital
With yesterday's accident, 9 workers have so far died in 6 separate
accidents in 5 shipbreaking yards this year.
Four were killed at Mak Corporation
Shipbreaking Yard on January 18, one at Mahin Enterprise Shipbreaking Yard on
March 15, one at Jamuna Shipbreaking Yard on August 14, one at Peninsula Super
Ship Yard on August 20 and one at Fortune Shipbreaking Yard on September 18.
Source: The Daily Star. 23 September 2011
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