How some of India's biggest companies faltered on industrial safety Noor Arora
Tuesday’s explosion at SAIL’s Bhilai plant is not the first that shocked the nation, which faces serious concerns over industrial safety. One of the most recent ones include an explosion at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Mumbai refinery in August, in which 21 people were reported to be injured. Here is a recall of some major fatal incidents reported in the past few years... Jul 27, 2005: An offshore platform of ONGC in Bombay High gutted, killed at least 4 Oct 29, 2009: Fire at IndianOil's oil depot tank holding 8,000 kl in Jaipur killed 12 and injured 200 Sep 23, 2009: Collapse of a 275-m chimney being constructed at Vedanta's Bharat Aluminium plant killed at least 45 Jun 27, 2014: A fire after a blast at a GAIL underground gas pipeline in Nagaram, Andhra Pradesh that killed 18 and injured 40 Nov 2, 2017: Explosion in a boiler at NTPC's Unchahar plant in Rae Bareli district that claimed more 45 lives
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