Gujarat: 1 dead, 3 injured after crane collapses at Hazira steel plant

The three injured workers were rushed to a nearby hospital, where they are reported to be stable. Local authorities said investigations into the cause of the collapse are underway

Published on: Sep 29, 2025, 17:12:55 IST

By Maulik Pathak

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Ahmedabad: A contractual worker died and three others sustained injuries when a tower crane collapsed at a coke oven project site under construction at ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel (AM/NS) India’s Hazira facility.

The deceased has been identified as 45-year-old Vinod Paswan, an employee of ITD Cementation India Limited, the contractor managing the project site, said a police officer aware of the matter.

The three injured workers were rushed to a nearby hospital, where they are reported to be stable, the officer added.

“We are deeply grieved and saddened to report a tragic loss of life at our coke oven project site being operated by our contractor ITD Cementation India Limited. A tower crane being operated by the contractor collapsed leading to an employee of ITD Cementation losing his life and three others getting injured,” said a spokesperson for AM/NS India.

“All injured are recovering in the hospital and are stable. Our deepest condolences and sympathies are with the family during this devastating time. We are monitoring the health of the injured and extending all support. We are fully cooperating with the authorities to comply with all procedural requirements,” the official added in a statement.

Local authorities said investigations into the cause of the collapse are underway.

The Hazira steel plant in Gujarat, presently operated by ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), began integrated steelmaking operations in 1996. The facility produces flat carbon steel and has an installed crude steel capacity of about 9 million tonnes per annum. Expansion plans are underway to raise capacity to 15 million tonnes by 2026, 18 million tonnes by 2028, and 24 million tonnes by around 2030 through upstream and downstream projects. Prior incidents at the facility include a fire in the Corex-2 unit on December 31, 2024, that killed four contractual workers and injured one.

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Maulik Pathak
He is an Ahmedabad-based journalist with more than two decades of experience. His career spans business journalism and general news, with reporting across politics, crime, governance, public policy, business, industry, infrastructure, energy, ports, aviation, the environment, wildlife and social issues. He began his career in feature writing before moving into business journalism, reporting on companies and sectors including energy, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, automobiles and real estate. Over the years, his work expanded to politics, courts, crime, public policy, civic affairs, the environment and wildlife. His reporting has taken him from government offices and courtrooms to factory floors, ports, forests and remote villages, covering stories that range from industrial investments and financial markets to elections, conservation and issues affecting everyday life. While many assignments demand the pace of the daily news cycle, others require sustained reporting over months and years to follow developments beyond the headlines. He started his journalism career with the Asian Age in Ahmedabad in 2002 as a feature writer and sub-editor. Since 2022, he has been working with Hindustan Times. Earlier, he worked with Business Standard, DNA, The Economic Times, Mint and The Times of India. His longest stint was with Mint, where he spent more than eight years reporting across multiple beats. During his career, he has worked in both reporting and editing roles, contributing to page planning, local editions and special editorial projects as newsrooms evolved from print-first operations to digital publishing. Early in his career, he also worked on media and documentary projects with an NGO and as a copywriter at a communications agency before returning to journalism. Away from work, he sometimes makes time for a pair of binoculars, table tennis, cinema and the occasional poem.Read More

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