Times Of India reported that two contract workers were badly injured when a pipeline blasted at Cold Rolling Mill-3 of the Bokaro Steel Plant on Thursday.

The injured have been identified as Chandan Kumar and Pramod Kumar of Mcnally Bharat Engineering, a firm which has been allotted fabrication work in CRM-III. The duo are residents of LH Colony.

Mr Gagan Singh a worker, who witnessed the incident and brought the injured to the hospital, said the incident occurred at around 6.30 PM when the pipeline blasted off while it was being tested.

The two of them were working at a platform located few meters above the ground where the pipeline was laid.

Mr Singh said that "Listening to the deafening sound of blast I rushed to the spot and found Pramod and Chandan lying unconscious at the spot. I rushed them to Shivam Hospital, from where the doctor referred Chandan to Bokaro General Hospital (BGH) as he was in a critical condition while Pramod is being administered treatment there.”

Chief of communication, BSL, Sanjay Tiwari said the pipeline was freshly installed and it was being tested before it was completely operational when it burst. Mr Tiwari said that "Chandan sustained head injuries in the incident while we didn't know about Pramod as he is admitted in a private hospital.”

Source - Times Of India

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