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Health & Safety Safety Alert Red Stripe: 04/FY23

Shared Services Division, Tata Steel Jamshedpur

Incident : Fatal incident of Mr. Pradip Mandal - a contract employee


Date of Incident : 24.02.2023 Time: 01:45 PM
Department : Mills Mechanical Maintenance, Shared Services
Section : Utility, Cold Rolling Mill (CRM)
Location : Platform of Secondary Combustion Chamber of Incinerator
Details of Deceased Person : Mr. Pradip Mandal, Age: 35 years, Workman of M/s GAPSPL
Injury : Burn injury on both hands and legs.

What Happened:
M/s GAPSPL is deployed for the operation and maintenance of Incinerator Plant at CRM. Mr. Pradip Mandal
(Deceased Person) noticed low temperature in the Secondary Combustion Chamber of the Incinerator. So,
he went to the site for inspection along with his colleague. During site inspection, they suspected clogging in
Coke Oven Gas (COG) inlet strainer. They opened the strainer after isolating the COG inlet and outlet control
valve. While opening the spool piece of multiblock, sudden flame/hot gas came out from COG pipeline,
resulting in burn injuries to Mr. Pradip Mandal. After administering first aid, he was taken to TMH by doctor on
duty. He was admitted to Burn Care Unit at Tata Main Hospital (TMH). Despite the best efforts put in by the
team of doctors, he succumbed to injuries on 5th March 2023 at 3:30 AM at TMH.

Photograph of incident site:

Multiblock of secondary
combustion chamber.

Strainer in spool piece


of multiblock.
Health & Safety Safety Alert Red Stripe: 04/FY23

Preliminary Findings:
1. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) was available for the job.
2. Mr. Pradip Mandal was engaged in Incinerator Plant operation since 2016.

Immediate actions taken:


1. Incident information was communicated to all concerned employees.

2. PIR (Preliminary Incident Report) was logged in Ensafe system, and the investigation team has
been formed for detailed investigation.

Family Details:
Mr. Pradip Mandal is survived by his father, mother, wife, and a daughter. All assistance, as per company
norms, is being extended to the family.

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