Jamshedpur Plant safe and operating after minor explosion: Tata Steel VP Sanjiv Paul

Jamshedpur, May 7: Sanjiv Paul, Vice President, (Safety, Health and Sustainability), Tata Steel, confirmed the blast after he came across a tweet with video that said two injured after blast in Tata Steel Jamshedpur plant.

A tweet shared by Sanjiv Paul read, “A minor explosion did happen in one of our Coke Oven Gas Pipe lines in the morning, today. As a proces flare stacks were opened in the operating battery to flare gas. This is the controlled fire that you see in the video. Plant is safe and is operating.”

According to company, “Three employees were injured after a blast at Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur plant here on Saturday morning.

There was blasting sound in a coke plant unit, which was non-operational and is undergoing a dismantling process, at our Jamshedpur Works.

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. There has been no impact on production.

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

As a responsible corporate, we remain committed to safe operations and the safety & well-being of all its stakeholders.”