Jharkhand: Two women workers die after bundle collapses in paper factory, lack of safety norms in mill

Two women laborers were crushed to death after a heavy bundle of ‘paper rolls’ fell at a factory in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district on Thursday. The incident took place at a paper mill in Jamdol village under Chakulia police station area of ​​the district, a police official said. Chakulia police station in-charge Varun Yadav told that a huge bundle of ‘paper rolls’ fell on the women laborers during the work.

Both were taken to a hospital in Ghatshila, where doctors declared them brought dead, the official said. The victims have been identified as Urmila Patar (30) and Saraswati Patar (50), he said. The factory workers have blamed the management for the “lack of safety norms” in the mill, the official said.

Two women laborers were crushed to death after a heavy bundle of ‘paper rolls’ fell at a factory in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district on Thursday. The incident took place at a paper mill in Jamdol village under Chakulia police station area of ​​the district, a police official said. Chakulia police station in-charge Varun Yadav told that a huge bundle of ‘paper rolls’ fell on the women laborers during the work.

Both were taken to a hospital in Ghatshila, where doctors declared them brought dead, the official said. The victims have been identified as Urmila Patar (30) and Saraswati Patar (50), he said. The factory workers have blamed the management for the “lack of safety norms” in the mill, the official said.