13 workers in the hospital in chemical leak in the Palghar factory

Palghar: Thirteen workers were admitted to the hospital after Dimethylsulfate was leaked in a chemical manufacturing unit in the Palghar district in the Palghar district in the Palghar district in the early morning of Sunday.

The incident occurred around 3 a.m. in a unit in the Boisar Tarapur Midc, said Vivekanand Kadam, the cell head of District Disaster Management.

Dimethyl sudhat is a clear, oily liquid with a weak onion smell and can cause both skin and eye irritation and burns.

“The unit in which dimethyl sulfate is leaked does antioxidants. The leak occurred when dimethyl sulfate was transferred from Appendix 4 of unit 4 to Appendix 10.

As a precaution, 13 workers were hospitalized due to the type of chemical exposure, and added that the incident of his cell was reported at 12:35 p.m.

“The investigation of the incident is carried out by SG Babban, the deputy director of the management for industrial security and health. The probe will cover security protocols during the chemical transfer process and the general compliance with industrial security standards,” said Kadam.

An official from the local fire brigade said his department was not informed about the incident when the company treated the situation for itself.

“Our understanding is that there was a chemical spill and water was sprayed on it. This led to dampen that caused the workers,” he said.

The Boisar police visited the site and started an investigation, said another civil servant.

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