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Blast at Tata Steel coke plant injures three contract workers in Jamshedpur

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On Saturday, a fire broke out after an explosion at a coke plant in Tata Steel. The company said that three contract workers had been injured in a blast at one of its coke plant units in the Jharkhand.

The company officials described the incident as a gas flare-up in a coke plant unit, which was non-operational and is undergoing a dismantling process.

Tata Steel said in a statement, “An investigation to assess the cause is underway”

The company said, “Our emergency response team immediately reached the incident site; the area was cordoned off and the situation brought under control. Three contract employees sustained minor injuries and were administered first aid. While two of them have been discharged post first aid, one is currently under medical observation.”

The company added, “There has been no impact on production.”

The unit was not operational and was undergoing a dismantling process, Tata Steel, India’s largest steelmaker by revenue, said in a statement.

The standard safety protocol, the incident was immediately reported to the relevant authorities, and an investigation to assess the cause is underway.

Tata did not say what had caused the blast but some local media  that it happened in a gas pipeline at a battery site and led to a massive fire.

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