SCCL employee dies as tubs fall on him in Mancherial

Mancherial: In a midnight tragedy, a 55-year old employee of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) accidentally trapped in tubs and died on the spot under SRP 1 underground mine in Srirampur on Thursday night. The deceased employee was identified as Bandari Rajalingu, a mine car operator at the mine and a native of Srirampur town. […]

Mancherial: In a midnight tragedy, a 55-year old employee of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) accidentally trapped in tubs and died on the spot under SRP 1 underground mine in Srirampur on Thursday night.

The deceased employee was identified as Bandari Rajalingu, a mine car operator at the mine and a native of Srirampur town.

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Rajalingu sustained serious injuries when tubs used for shipping coal from the underground to the surface fell on him, resulting in instantaneous death for him. He was rushed to a hospital, but doctors declared that he was brought dead. He was discharging duties at a deepest point of the mine at the time of the mishap. The operator was survived by a wife, two daughters and a son.

Meanwhile, trade unions staged dharna demanding compensation of Rs 1 crore and action against officials of SCCL for failing to take safety measures. Yadagiri Sattaiah, president of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh expressed anger against the state-owned coal giant and attributed negligence of the authorities to the death of the operator.