Two workers died and four others were hospitalised following benzimidazole gas leakage from the Sainor Life Sciences pharma company at Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City (JNPC), Parawada in Visakhapatnam in the wee hours of Tuesday.
The incident took place when over 30 people were working in the pharma company. A total of six workers collapsed after inhaling the gas.
The deceased have been identified as shift operators Narendra and Gowri Shankar. The four persons who fell sick were shifted to a private hospital and the condition of one of them is said to be critical.
Vizag District Collector V. Vinay Chand, Commissioner of Police R.K. Meena and officials from the Fire Service and Factories department rushed to the pharma company.
This is the second incident in the company. In September 2015, two workers were charred to death and five others were injured in a reactor blast.
This incident comes close on the heels of LG Polymers styrene monomer vapour leak incident on May 7, in which 12 died and hundreds fell sick.
