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Three workers killed by explosion at pharma factory in India

pharmafile | June 11, 2019 | News story | Manufacturing and Production |  China, India, explosion, manufacturing, pharma 

Three engineers have been killed in an explosion at a manufacturing facility in India.

Two Chinese engineers and one Indian engineer died after a boiler exploded at the Pusilin Biotechnology Private Limited facilities in the Indian state of Haryana.

The explosion happened as the three workers tried to fix the boiler at the facilities in Haryana close to New Delhi. All three workers died instantly, according to CGTN.

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The news comes just weeks after ten workers were killed in an explosion in the city of Jinan.

Employees at the Qilu Tianhe Huishi Pharmaceutical company’s facilities in Shandong were killed after inhaling smoke after an industrial accident at the plant.

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