While their colleague regained consciousness, the three labourers suffocated to death.
Three labourers died and one was injured during the clean-up of an underground paint tank in an auto component company in Gurgaon on Saturday.
The deceased have been identified as Raj Kumar, Rinku and Nanhe
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They died trying to rescue their colleague Binesh Kumar from the tank. While theysuffocated to death, Kumar regained consciousness during treatment.
The incident took place in JNJ electronics Ltd in Sector 37, when maintenance staff went to remove sludge at the bottom of the tank at around 10 am.
The maintenance supervisor and senior officials allegedly asked Kumar to enter the tank and remove the muck manually, without realising that gas inside the tank could prove fatal.
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"I entered the tank without any safety gears such as oxygen cylinder, mask and rope. I felt suffocated within two minutes after inhaling poisonous gas and became unconscious. When I gathered consciousness, I found myself on a hospital bed," Kumar said.
Another employee Vijay claimed that he too attempted to enter the tank, but the security staff asked him not to.
Gurugaon police PRO Ravinder Kumar said that an FIR has been registered against the company officials for causing death due to negligence. No arrests have been made so far.
