A worker was killed as an iron pipe fell on him yesterday
at a ship-breaking yard in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong.
The deceased was identified as Sachindra Das, 26, son of
Jaghdeb Das of South Jahanabad Jelepara of Sonapara in Sitakunda.
According to the inquest report, Sachindra was brought to
Chittagong Medical College Hospital with injuries to his neck and head around
1:30am. He was declared dead at the time.
Fellow workers, who brought him to the hospital, said
that an iron pipe fell on him when he was cutting a portion of iron equipment
in night shift without any safety gear at Kabir Steel Ltd in Chairman Ghata Madambibir
Hat.
Police, however, said the
victim was an employee of Khawja Ship-Breaking Yard of the same area.
Md Saifullah, sub-inspector of Sitakunda Police Station,
said both Kabir Steel Ltd and Khawja Ship-Breaking Yard were owned by Md
Shahjahan. “That is probably why wrong company name was entered [into the
hospital records]”
The accident took place around 12:10am, said Mangal Das
under whom Sachindra was working.
The authority of Khawja Ship-Breaking Yard said the
accident occurred on Saturday evening when workers were about to leave the
place.
“We gave him primary treatment at our own medical
facility and sent him to Chittagong Medical College Hospital as his condition
deteriorated,” Shahidul Islam, who identified himself as assistant officer (admin)
of the yard, said on phone.
He refuted the allegation that employees worked night
shifts without safety gears. But he could not answer to the question as to why
the victim had suffered injuries to the head if he wore a helmet.
Md Shahjahan, owner of the ship-breaking yards, could not
be reached by phone for comments.
Meanwhile, an unnatural
death case has been filed in connection with the incident, according to
police.
Source:
the
daily star. 22 May 2017
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