A nitrogen gas leak at a pharmaceuticals manufacturing unit around 130km from Mumbai within the Indian state of Maharashtra, four people killed on 21 August. Two people also stay in a serious condition.
The 4 injured people were on duty next to a nitrogen reaction tank at Medley Pharmaceuticals’ Boisar–Tarapur plant whilst the leak happened. Police say their preliminary findings show they died from high inhalation of nitrogen, On the other hand, a detailed investigation is recently in process.
According to disaster management officials, the leak happened from a 3000kg tank at the ground floor that was a part of a refrigerator unit, throughout the manufacturing of albendazole, a medication used to deal with loads of parasitic worm infections. In reaction to the incident, the Mumbai Fire Brigade and a specialized team of emergency responders trained to manage incidents consisting of dangerous substances, had been deployed. They identified that a malfunctioning valve caused the nitrogen to leak from the tank.
District authorities, along with the police and main corporations, have released a complete inquiry to find out the exact cause of the gas leak and to assess feasible safety lapses at the facility.
Last Friday the police registered a case towards four senior officers of the Medley business corporation below provisions of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
