Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hussain Ahamad Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 05/01/2024. In the application, the allegation was in respect of illegal mining of earth from the nearby agricultural field by brick kilns in an area in Muzaffarnagar district. Pits were …
Asking the Odisha government to submit a report on the fire and explosion at Bhushan Steel Limited’s (BSL) plant at Meramundali in Dhenkanal district, the Centre on Tuesday sent officials to inquire into the accident in which one person was killed and 19 others injured on November 13. “I have …
The owner of the detergents factory responsible for emitting ammonia gas which left 72 area residents in hospital on Tuesday, has agreed to shift the facility to Kalutara. Following agitations by people, he gave the assurance at a meeting he had with senior police officers, Buddhist monks and people’s representatives …
The government plans to introduce safety rating system for chemical plants in India will minimises accidents and increase productivity, if implemented in right spirit Chemical industry involves handling of hazardous substances, which if not handled as per prescribed guidelines can lead to disaster. While there are many regulations (pertaining to …
A toxic gas leak from a factory in a suburb of Sri Lankan capital prompted authorities to close the factory on Tuesday after more than 70 factory workers and residents near the factory were hospitalized following the leak. About 72 factory workers and nearby residents who complained of breathing difficulties …
Forty employees of a chemical factory and 30 persons residing in the neighbourhood were admitted to hospital following a gas leak at the factory in Piliyandala early yesterday. A special police team in coordination with the Central Environment Authority commenced an investigation into the gas leak at a chemical factory …
Initial investigations conducted by the Piliyandala police have revealed that ammonia gas which leaked from a factory in Piliyandala causing 72 persons to be hospitalised had been formed due to an accidental mixing of two chemicals in the wee hours of yesterday. A tense situation arose following the gas leak …
Four miners have died of suffocation inside hazardous rat-hole coal pits in a remote mining area near the Indo-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya’s South West Khasi Hills district and another was crushed in a quarry, officials said today. The incident took place on Thursday evening but the matter was brought to …
Rescuers carry the body of a miner onto an ambulance at the entrance of Zhengsheng Coal Mine in Fenyang of North China's Shanxi province on October 8, Tuesday, ten days after the mine flooded. Ten miners have been confirmed dead. [Photo/Xinhua] FENYANG, Shanxi - Ten miners were confirmed dead after …
Four miners have been trapped after a coal mine pit collapsed late Monday night in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, local authorities said Tuesday. The accident occurred around 11:54 pm at the Huangyuchuan coal mine, located in the township of Xuejiawan in Jungar Banner. The mine is owned by …
The death toll in August 23 fire at the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd's (HPCL) refinery here rose to 23 with four more workers succumbing to their injuries on Sunday. While three succumbed to their burn injuries in the hospital here, another one died at a hospital in Mumbai, HPCL sources …
Four workers of a leather factory died allegedly after inhaling toxic gas here today. The gas was formed in a safety tank in the factory due to admixture of chemicals used to dye leather. The liquid industrial waste used to be pumped out of the tank after treatment. The victims …
Four more bodies were today extricated from under a coal dump which crashed at an open cast mine of the Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd in Odisha’s Sundargarh district yesterday, taking the toll to 14, though police confirmed 10 deaths. An official of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) maintained that 14 bodies had …
Four people were dead and another ten were injured after a carbon monoxide poisoning occurred at a chemical plant in Northwest China's Gansu province on Sunday night, local authorities said Monday. The accident happened at about 11 pm at a sodium sulfide manufacturing workshop at Gansu Jinshi Chemical Co Ltd, …
Incident rates down from 2.6 to 1.4 per thousand workers in 2012-13; while national average is 11 per thousand workers, Goa’s figure is lowest Even as the industrial scenario in the State remained dismal in 2011-12 with almost 40 industrial units shutting shop, there has been a silver lining with …
For the first time Goa would conduct a safety audit of all of its 250 hazardous units once every two-years, to ensure industrial safety and prevent accidents. Not just the major accident hazardous (MAH) units, but the pharmaceuticals, steel, chemical and other industries under the hazardous category would be subject …
The National Green Tribunal has ordered the constitution of an expert committee to inspect Sterlite Copper smelting unit in Tuticorin. The four-lakh-tonne unit cannot start commercial production but the systems can be turned on to enable the Committee check the emission safety systems. Immediately after inspection the unit is to …
An explosion killed six workers on Monday at a coal mine in northeast China where a similar accident killed 28 miners just three days earlier, state news media reported. Several recent industrial accidents across the country are again focusing attention on lax enforcement of safety regulations. The explosion at the …
The chief executive of the company that owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig acknowledged in court on Tuesday that his crew should have done more to avert the 2010 oil well blowout that left 11 dead and soiled hundreds of miles of beaches along the Gulf of Mexico. “Do I …
The incident occurred at a factory in the southeastern industrial city of Gumi, where a hydrochloric acid leak at another factory last September left more than 3,000 people seeking medical treatment. Tuesday’s leak involved around one litre (around one quart) of chlorine gas and was contained within minutes, a city …
Eight miners have been confirmed dead in a colliery blast on Friday in Southwest China's Yunnan province, local government said. The accident happened around 2 pm at the Liangshuigou Coal Mine in Muzhuo Township of Zhenxiong county, according to the county's publicity bureau. An initial probe has indicated a gas …
