Transformer explosion: SPM employee succumbs to injuries

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: One of the two workers who sustained serious injuries in an explosion of an electrical transformer in Sirpur Papers Mill Limited (SPM) of Kaghaznagar town, died at a hospital in Hyderabad on Monday. The deceased was Pudari Laxminarayana, (52), a resident of Kapuwada in Kaghaznagar town and a contract-based worker of the […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: One of the two workers who sustained serious injuries in an explosion of an electrical transformer in Sirpur Papers Mill Limited (SPM) of Kaghaznagar town, died at a hospital in Hyderabad on Monday.

The deceased was Pudari Laxminarayana, (52), a resident of Kapuwada in Kaghaznagar town and a contract-based worker of the paper manufacturer. Gyara Mohan (40), another worker died on the spot, on November 11.

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Laxminarayana and Mohan Rao received over 50 per cent of burns, when they were pruning grass at a power station following the explosion of the 132 kv transformer caused due to some unknown reasons.

They were shifted to a government hospital in Kaghaznagar. They were then rushed to a Mancherial’s hospital before being shifted to Hyderabad when their condition deteriorated.