US EditionBlast at pharma company leaves one dead, six injured
- A blast around 11 a.m. on Tuesday at a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Bhilgaon, Nagpur district, resulted in one fatality and injuries to six workers.
- The explosion followed a pipe burst on the third floor that caused 125-degree Celsius water mixed with chemicals to splash onto workers.
- The blast happened inside a glass-lined reactor at the pharmaceutical unit which specializes in manufacturing microcrystalline cellulose used as excipients in pharma and food industries.
- Emergency services rushed the injured to a hospital in Kamptee town, where one remains in critical condition while authorities launched an investigation into the cause.
- This incident highlights ongoing safety concerns in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector in Maharashtra amid several recent fires and accidents.
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One dead, six injured as hot water pipe bursts at pharma firm's unit
Nagpur, Jun 17 (PTI) A worker died and six others were injured, two of them critically, when a pipe used for mixing boiling water with chemicals burst at a pharma company’s unit in Nagpur district on Tuesday, police said. Initially, a senior police official had said that the explosion occurred in a glass line reactor […]
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