26 July, 2010Fire claimed the life of shipbreaking worker Shamshaulla Shaikh and injured five others at the Alang yards in India on July 24.
INDIA: One shipbreaking worker was killed and five others were injured at an Alang shipbreaking yard in the state of Gjarat after a fire broke out on Saturday, July 24, 2010.
The accident occurred at about 11:30am at Alang shipbreaking yard plot No. 78/79 when workers were cutting a scrap piece of steel with a gas cutter near a ship's engine room. Shamshaulla Shaikh (Kallu), aged 27, died on the spot. Five other workmen were injured, out of which two were admitted to the hospital in Bhavnagar and three are in the hospital in Alang.
Although not members of IMF affiliate the Alang Sosiya Ship Recycling and General Workers' Association (ASSRGWA), union vice president Ram Patel immediately rushed to the site to assist the workers. He, along with other colleagues, coordinated with the fire and police authorities. The union has also demanded the statutory legal dues to the family member of the deceased worker.