Workplace safety: Seven injured in boiler explosion
A Rescue 1122 team reached at the scene and pulled out the workers
LAHORE:
Seven workers of a steel factory in Baghbanpura area were injured in a boiler explosion on Friday. Rescue 1122 officials said the workers were on duty at Maqsood Iron factory in Daroghwala when the boiler exploded with a heavy noise causing a segment of the roof to collapse. Several workers were caught under the rubble. People from nearby buildings gathered at the scene and started the rescue work. A Rescue 1122 team reached at the scene and pulled out the workers and took them to Mayo Hospital for treatment.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 16th, 2016.
Seven workers of a steel factory in Baghbanpura area were injured in a boiler explosion on Friday. Rescue 1122 officials said the workers were on duty at Maqsood Iron factory in Daroghwala when the boiler exploded with a heavy noise causing a segment of the roof to collapse. Several workers were caught under the rubble. People from nearby buildings gathered at the scene and started the rescue work. A Rescue 1122 team reached at the scene and pulled out the workers and took them to Mayo Hospital for treatment.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 16th, 2016.