1 more death at Ctg ship breaking yard
A worker was killed and two others were injured when a large iron-plate fell on them during a welding work at a ship-breaking yard in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong yesterday.
The deceased is Md Farid, 22, son of Maji Rahman, of Kazipur in Sirajganj while the injured are Alam, 20, and Saiful, 22.
The accident happened at about 9:30am when they were welding the iron-plate from a platform beside a ship, said Rakibuddowla Chowdhury, manager of SRS Ship Breaking Yard.
At one stage of their work, the joint of the plate got loose and the plate fell on Farid, killing him on the spot. Alam and Saiful got injured after they jumped from the platform and landed in a muddy area in a bid to save themselves from the falling plate, he said.
The injured were given primary treatment, he added.
Aminul Islam, sub-inspector of Sitakunda Police Station, said they sent the body to Chittagong Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
With yesterday's accident, nine workers have so far died in six separate accidents in five ship breaking yards this year.
Four were killed at Mak Corporation Ship Breaking Yard on January 18, one at Mahin Enterprise Ship Breaking Yard on March 15, one at Jamuna Ship Breaking Yard on August 14, one at Peninsula Super Ship Yard on August 20 and one at Fortune Ship Breaking Yard on September 18.
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