At least four workers died and two others are seriously affected after inhaling nitrogen gas, which leaked at a pharmaceutical company in Tarapur MIDC of Maharashtra's Palghar district, officials told PTI on Thursday.
The incident happened in the afternoon at Medley Pharma, which is in the industrial area of Boisar, around 130 km from Mumbai.
Chief of Palghar district disaster management cell, Vivekanand Kadam, said that between 2:30 pm and 3 pm, nitrogen gas in one of the units of the company leaked.
He said the six workers were rushed to the hospital but four of them were declared dead upon arrival. The two survivours are in the intensive care unit (ICU) at a local hospital, where they are currently undergoing treatment, he said.
The incident happened in the afternoon at Medley Pharma, which is in the industrial area of Boisar, around 130 km from Mumbai.
Chief of Palghar district disaster management cell, Vivekanand Kadam, said that between 2:30 pm and 3 pm, nitrogen gas in one of the units of the company leaked.
He said the six workers were rushed to the hospital but four of them were declared dead upon arrival. The two survivours are in the intensive care unit (ICU) at a local hospital, where they are currently undergoing treatment, he said.
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