Two workers killed, one injured in slab collapse at Maharashtra’s Chikhla MOIL mines
Two workers were killed and one was injured after a slab collapsed in the Chikhla mines of Manganese Ore (India) Limited in Maharashtra’s Bhandara district on Wednesday, an official said.
The incident occurred during the first shift around 9 am at a depth of 100 metres in the MOIL mines, Bhandara Disaster Management Office said in a release.
Three workers, all permanent employees, were buried under the debris of which two died at the scene, the release said.
The third worker, Shankar Vishvakarma (56), was rushed to a hospital in Bhandara for treatment.
The bodies of the deceased workers, identified as Vijay Nandlal (50) and Arun Chormar (41), were sent to a hospital in Tumsar for the postmortem examination, the release added.
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