Bathinda, March 26
One person was killed while four other labourers sustained serious injuries when the roof of an under-construction warehouse collapsed today at the multi-crore Hindustan Mittal Energy Ltd. owned Guru Gobind Singh oil refinery, located at Phulokhari village in the district.
According to sources in the refinery, the incident took place in the evening, when many of the labourers, hired by a private construction company-Petron Civil Engineering Ltd--- were deployed to construct a roof.
Due to some unknown reason, the iron made pillars, raised to support the lintel, started collapsing one by one. It created panic among the labourers, who hurriedly made attempts to save themselves. However, five of labourers failed in their attempt to save themselves and were buried under the collapsed structure.
All of a sudden, the authorities of the construction company launched a rescue operation and after some time, pulled all of them out.
Giving first aid at the refinery, the medical team took one of them, namely Mithilesh (24) to the Civil Hospital, Bathinda, where the doctors declared him brought dead.
The other injured, namely, Raj Kumar, Rajeshwar, Chandan and Shiv Ram were admitted to a private hospital. Observing their condition to be critical, doctors referred them to DMCH, Ludhiana.
Meanwhile, authorities of Petron Civil Engineering Ltd. announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased. They also announced to bear full medical expenses incurred on the treatment of the four injured.
Confirming the details, HR manager, Hindustan-Mital Energy Limited said, "We are deeply hurt with the incident. Besides giving compensation and bearing the medical expenses, we have initiated a probe to ascertain the actual cause of the incident."
One person was killed while four other labourers sustained serious injuries when the roof of an under-construction warehouse collapsed today at the multi-crore Hindustan Mittal Energy Ltd. owned Guru Gobind Singh oil refinery, located at Phulokhari village in the district.
According to sources in the refinery, the incident took place in the evening, when many of the labourers, hired by a private construction company-Petron Civil Engineering Ltd--- were deployed to construct a roof.
Due to some unknown reason, the iron made pillars, raised to support the lintel, started collapsing one by one. It created panic among the labourers, who hurriedly made attempts to save themselves. However, five of labourers failed in their attempt to save themselves and were buried under the collapsed structure.
All of a sudden, the authorities of the construction company launched a rescue operation and after some time, pulled all of them out.
Giving first aid at the refinery, the medical team took one of them, namely Mithilesh (24) to the Civil Hospital, Bathinda, where the doctors declared him brought dead.
The other injured, namely, Raj Kumar, Rajeshwar, Chandan and Shiv Ram were admitted to a private hospital. Observing their condition to be critical, doctors referred them to DMCH, Ludhiana.
Meanwhile, authorities of Petron Civil Engineering Ltd. announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased. They also announced to bear full medical expenses incurred on the treatment of the four injured.
Confirming the details, HR manager, Hindustan-Mital Energy Limited said, "We are deeply hurt with the incident. Besides giving compensation and bearing the medical expenses, we have initiated a probe to ascertain the actual cause of the incident."
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