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Article

26 May 2021

Author:
Елена Вебер, Радио Азаттык

Kazakhstan: Two workers were injured in accident at ArcelorMittal Temirtau plant; incl. co. comments

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[Translation prepared by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

Accident at the ArcelorMittal Temirtau plant: two were hospitalised, 26 May 2021

An accident occurred in one of the workshops of the metallurgical plant of the ArcelorMittal Temirtau company in the Karaganda region. Two workers were “hospitalised in intensive care with 3rd and 4th degree burns,” their condition is assessed as serious, the regional health department told RFE/RL.

— There was a spill of molten cast iron in the converter shop, without subsequent combustion. The spill area was 20 square meters. As a result, two people received burns and were hospitalised, the Department of Emergency Situations of the Karaganda Region told RFE/RL.

An RFE/RL reporter contacted the ArcelorMittal Temirtau press service for comment. They provided brief information already published on the company’s official website. The press service did not specify whether production was suspended and whether it was resumed if there was a suspension...

The authorities reported that a special commission had been created to conduct an investigation, and the incident was called a group accident...

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