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    Safety Gear News

    MCG issues notice to contractor after worker seen cleaning sewer without gears

    MCG issues notice to contractor after worker seen cleaning sewer without gears
    Cities
    Published 114 days ago

    Palwal sanitation worker dies after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning sewer

    Police conduct inquiry as family declines complaint; incident highlights recurring safety lapses after similar deaths in Nuh earlier this month. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
    Cities
    Published 156 days ago

    Nuh DC orders inquiry, JE suspended over sanitation workers’ death

    During the rescue efforts on Tuesday.
    Cities
    Published 168 days ago

    2 sanitation workers die after toxic gas exposure while cleaning sewer in Nuh

    Police carrying out rescue work on Wednesday. (HT)
    Cities
    Updated 170 days ago

    Worker cleaning drain in Delhi's Seemapuri drowns; had 'no safety gear'

    Senior officers said the incident took place at Pocket Q in Dilshad Garden, where the deceased Rahul Pal and his friend Rajdhan were deployed to clean the drain, which is reportedly under the jurisdiction of the PWD.
    Cities
    Published 186 days ago

    Chandigarh: Worker falls to death from Hotel Parkview’s 3rd floor

    Two workers fell to the first floor while installing polycarbonate roofing sheets, suffering severe injuries. Doctors declared one of them brought dead and the other was declared unfit for statement. (Representational Image)
    Cities
    Published 327 days ago

    Fireman who died saving pigeon was not given safety gear

    Fireman who died saving pigeon was not given safety gear
    Cities
    Published 351 days ago

    No safety gear for staff, firm manager arrested in sewer death

    No safety gear for staff, firm manager arrested in sewer death
    Cities
    Published 376 days ago

    Wake up from slumber: SC slaps ₹5 lakh fine on PWD over lack of safety gear

    The court noted that PWD had outsourced the task to a contractor, but failed to issue notices or blacklist him for negligence.
    Cities
    Published 379 days ago

    1 dead, 2 injured on entering Delhi sewer without safety gear

    The spot where the manual scavenging death took place. (HT)
    Cities
    Published 380 days ago

    3 workers die due to fumes in oil tank at MP factory; magisterial probe ordered

    Accident or crime scene cordon tape, police line do not cross. It is nighttime, emergency lights of police cars flashing blue, red and white in the background (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
    Cities
    Published 389 days ago

    Ludhiana: Four fatalities in 3 months, PSPCL staff still without safety gear

    Chief engineer Jagdev Hans says the complaint of workers has been forwarded to higher authorities. (HT Photo for representation)
    Cities
    Published 395 days ago

    Two dead while cleaning Sector 115 pumping station in Noida

    Khushal Singh, one of the victims.
    Cities
    Published 411 days ago

    11-yr-old govinda’s death: Mandal president booked for negligence

    Mahesh Jadhav, 11, had been taking part in Dahi Handi human pyramids for four or five years, said a police officer.
    Cities
    Published 416 days ago

    Two die inside septic tank in south-west Delhi

    18-year-old Pradeep Kumar. (HT Photo)
    Cities
    Published 433 days ago

    Builder, contractor booked for engineer’s death

    (Shutterstock)
    Cities
    Published 444 days ago

    Swachh workers claim they are forced to collect garbage in bags as plastic buckets not provided

    Swachh employees allege PMC did not provide plastic buckets to collect garbage and they are forced to collect waste in bags made of cloth or plastic since past two years. (HT)
    Cities
    Published 589 days ago

    Ghaziabad: 8 workers injured as shuttering of water tank crashes

    A committee of officials, comprising sub-divisional magistrate of Modinagar, executive engineer of the public works department, and engineer from Muradnagar Nagar Palika, was set up to probe the incident. (Sakib Ali/HT Photos)
    Cities
    Published 593 days ago

    Painter dies after falling from ladder at construction site; contractor booked

    The deceased has been identified as Amarnath Bharti, 54, from Uttamnagar area. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)
    Cities
    Updated 630 days ago

    Malad manhole deaths: Supervisor arrested for negligence

    Over two weeks after a 35-year-old chartered accounted (CA) drowned to death after his car fell into the Sirhind Canal near Doraha on April 5, his family has sought a murder investigation. (HT File)
    Cities
    Updated 890 days ago

    23-year-old plumber falls to death from ninth floor in Ghatkopar

    HT Image
    Cities
    Updated 1023 days ago

    Ranhola victims’ kin say hospital ‘ignored’ safety

    The hospital where the incident occurred on Friday. (HT Photo)
    Cities
    Published 1042 days ago

    Sasmira’s Institute deaths: Lab in-charge booked for causing death by negligence

    HT Image
    Cities
    Updated 1078 days ago

    Two labourers die in separate incidents due to lack of safety gears

    HT Image
    Cities
    Updated 1101 days ago

    Bulletproof vests, high-frequency radios to bolster surveillance in Naxal-hit districts

    A senior police official explained that the UHF radios work within a frequency range of 400 and 512 megahertz, and they’re preferred because their signals could even penetrate busy buildings and were suitable for indoor and outdoor usage. (File)
    Cities
    Published 1118 days ago

    Labourer dies after falling from 2nd floor of a 7-storey Juhu building

    HT Image
    Cities
    Updated 1201 days ago

    Sanitation workers protest in Gurugram, demand regularisation of jobs

    Gurugram, India-April 20, 2023: Sanitation worker of MCG held a protest march with broom against the state government at DLF phase-4 near Galleria Market, in Gurugram, India, on Thursday, 20 April 2023. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)
    Cities
    Updated 1261 days ago

    NHRC notice to Bihar on death of 2 sanitation workers

    The National Human Rights Commission has told Bihar to report on the death of two persons (PTI)
    India News
    Updated 1267 days ago
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