SAIL: Contract laborer injured during work at Bokaro Steel Plant, both legs had to be amputated

                       

SAIL: Contract laborer injured during work at Bokaro Steel Plant, both legs had to be amputated

AKB NEWS (Bokaro)- A contract worker was badly injured during work at the Steel Melting Shop (SMS) of Bokaro Steel Plant on Tuesday. In a hurry, he was first taken to Plant Medical where the doctors sent him to BGH for better treatment. The name of the injured contract worker is Shivpati Singh, a resident of Mahuar in Harla police station area. He is 45 years old. His condition remains critical during treatment.

• Accident after being hit by steel transfer car

In relation to the incident, it is said that Shivpati Singh was working as a semi-skilled worker in SMS-I department of BSL under M/s H&S Company. While on first shift duty at around 9.50 a.m. on Tuesday, he was descending the ladder by removing the nitrogen punning plug in the pit site when he was hit by a steel transfer car coming from the opposite direction. Due to this both his legs were badly injured.

 There was hot metal on the said transfer car, if a part of it had fallen on his body, the incident could have been bigger. Presently Shivpati Singh's treatment is going on in BGH. where his condition remains critical. It is said that both his legs injured in the accident have been amputated below the knee.

 Meanwhile, the management has constituted a committee to investigate the cause of the incident. The report of which has been given to the concerned authorities soon.

• Signature campaign against management

On behalf of the Bokaro Ispat Kamgar Union (AITUC), a signature campaign was started in front of the section near BSL in protest against the suspension and transfer of workers involved in the historic strike of June 30 last month. On the occasion, Union General Secretary Ramashray Prasad Singh said that due to the stubbornness of the management, the workers' outrage due to the ban on the facilities in the wage revision due to the stubbornness of the workers, the result of the 30 June strike was successful.

 The workers put their body, mind and money in the success of this strike of all three. The management, motivated by a sense of vengeance, suspended five working colleagues to hide their mistake. Which is unreasonable, because strike is a constitutional right of the workers, due to this it is illegal to suspend the workers. Said that the management is on its arbitrariness against the rules of SAIL.

 If the freedom of expression is trampled, then a war of all will start. Said that the signature campaign of the union against the arbitrariness of the management would continue. Brijesh Kumar, Satyendra Kumar, Narendra Kumar, Rajiv, SK Nishad, ID Prasad, Ramagar Singh, RR Das, RS Dey, Pappu, Pran Singh etc. were present on this occasion.

In Hindi Article:- https://akbnews01.blogspot.com/2021/10/blog-post_668.html