Eleven employees, while clearing the track for the movement of stuck-up slag pot, are injured at Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited’s Vizag Steel Plant’s Steel Melting Shop 2’s Converter E on 11 February 2023 as slag splashed on four employees and five contract workers causing burn injuries. All the injured persons were given first aid treatment at Visakha Steel General Hospital and later shifted to Seven Hills Super Specialty Hospital for further treatment.As per media reports, two of the workers sustained 607 burn injuries and their condition is said to be serious.The injured RINL employees have been identified as DGM Mr Anil Pahiwala, Senior Manager Mr Jay Kumar, Technician Mr Eswar Naik and Chargeman Mr Panda Sahu. Contract workers injured are Mr Bangarayya, Mr Suribabu, Mr Appalaraju, Mr Srinivas and Mr Pothayya.CPM City Secretary Mr B Ganga Rao has accused RINL management of ignoring safety by not recruiting qualified permanent staff. He said “As a result, 103 workers have been injured during last two years, with five of them losing their lives.”
Eleven employees, while clearing the track for the movement of stuck-up slag pot, are injured at Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited’s Vizag Steel Plant’s Steel Melting Shop 2’s Converter E on 11 February 2023 as slag splashed on four employees and five contract workers causing burn injuries. All the injured persons were given first aid treatment at Visakha Steel General Hospital and later shifted to Seven Hills Super Specialty Hospital for further treatment.As per media reports, two of the workers sustained 607 burn injuries and their condition is said to be serious.The injured RINL employees have been identified as DGM Mr Anil Pahiwala, Senior Manager Mr Jay Kumar, Technician Mr Eswar Naik and Chargeman Mr Panda Sahu. Contract workers injured are Mr Bangarayya, Mr Suribabu, Mr Appalaraju, Mr Srinivas and Mr Pothayya.CPM City Secretary Mr B Ganga Rao has accused RINL management of ignoring safety by not recruiting qualified permanent staff. He said “As a result, 103 workers have been injured during last two years, with five of them losing their lives.”
