One dead, 2 critical after inhaling poisonous gas in a fish oil factory in Tamil Nadu

While cleaning an effluent storage tank at a fish oil manufacturing business in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district, a migrant worker from Odisha died after inhaling hazardous gases.

In the incident that occurred on Sunday, two other Odisha locals were declared critical and admitted to Ramanathapuram Government Medical College.

Sheikh Mansoor, the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) of Ramanathapuram, performed a preliminary investigation and promptly halted the company’s operations.

An investigation has been launched by the Department of Industrial Safety.

Thondi police have filed a case against the company’s Managing Director, Shahul Hameed, its operations manager, Mohammed Biswak, factory floor in charge Nakshatra Mari, Bikram Oram, and Maheswaran, based on a complaint by Machur Village administrative officer P. Radha.