Injured Hindustan Insecticides Limited employee succumbs

KOCHI: Hindustan Insecticides Limited assistant manager (production) Paul P. Thomas, 57, who had sustained burn injuries during a gas leakage that occurred on Wednesday at Eloor, succumbed to his injuries. He suffered over 80 percent burns during the accident that took place while unloading carbon disulfide at the company compound. He died at Ernakulam Medical Centre Hospital on Friday. He was among the 12 persons injured when a tanker carrying carbon disulfide caught fire while the chemical was being unloaded.

The condition of the other injured officials Ganapathy Raman, deputy manager (Engineering) and John T.V., stagnation supervisor also remains critical according to hospital authorities. Meanwhile, a high-level meeting of the Department of Factories and Boilers has decided not to carry out the unloading of the second consignment from the bullet tanker immediately.

The process will be undertaken only after getting details on its design and operating procedures from the supplier company in Israel. The department officials visited the accident spot and held discussions with the company authorities. It has also been decided to prepare a detailed operating procedure for the unloading of dangerous consignments and hand it over to the management for stringent compliance. The company authorities would be asked to implement the directives immediately.