100-foot-high silo collapses at coal washery in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad; trapped worker rescued

A 100-foot-high silo, a cylindrical tower for storing bulk materials, collapsed in the command area of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district, a police officer said on Saturday.

A worker, who was trapped under the wreckage, was rescued.

The incident happened at Madhuban washery under BCCL Block-2 area under Baghmara police station limits on late Friday night, Baghmara sub-divisional police officer Purushottam Kumar Singh said.

The matter will be investigated, a BCCL official said.

Baghmara MLA Shatrughan Mahato, who visited the site, said, “There were three silos in the area. The first silo had the entrance for the remaining two. The entrance silo collapsed all of a sudden on Friday night.”

A worker, who was working in the third tower, was trapped, the MLA said.

“He was rescued safely by the team on Saturday,” Mahato added.

He said the silos were built around six or seven years ago and are being operated by an outsourced company.