Three workers die of asphyxiation at Tata factory in Tamil Nadu
The contract workers were performing maintenance work on a water tank at a facility manufacturing Apple iPhone components.
Three contract workers died of asphyxiation on Monday evening while performing maintenance and cleaning work at a Tata Electronics facility in Tamil Nadu, according to reports from Deccan Chronicle, The Hindu and The Economic Times.
The incident occurred at the Tata Marigold Company near Uddanapalli in Krishnagiri district, where the workers were cleaning a nano-filtration feed tank inside the Effluent Treatment Plant.
The workers, two 28-year-old men from Dharmapuri and a 30-year-old resident of Hosur, suffered breathing difficulties and collapsed. They were taken to a private hospital in Hosur but were declared brought dead.
Preliminary enquiries suggest the workers may have inhaled toxic gas while checking the tank. One worker reportedly fainted after looking inside, and two others collapsed after entering the tank to check on him.
Tamil Nadu Industries Minister Virudhai Magal Keerthana stated on X that the event would be investigated and action would be taken based on the results. Krishnagiri District Collector C. Dinesh Kumar said a preliminary investigation is underway to determine if there were lapses in industrial safety measures.
The Rayakottai police have sent the bodies to Krishnagiri Medical College Hospital for postmortem examinations to establish the exact cause of death.