3 killed in boiler explosion

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At least three workers including a female were killed and a few others injured when a boiler of a tea factory at Ella-Demodara in Bandarawela exploded this morning. Ella Police sources said the injured were rushed to the Badulla hospital. (By Sanath Desmond)

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lal Saturday, 13 August 2011 05:42 AM

Send in Engineers to conduct a safety audit. Seems the boiler needs a pressure relief valve.

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Concerned Saturday, 13 August 2011 07:11 AM

Examine whether the estate authorities have obtained the boiler licence, maintained the boiler regularly and whether it was operated by a licenced boiler operator. Whatever the actions they take now, its pointless as three valuable lives have been made to sacrifice.

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musthafa Saturday, 13 August 2011 08:05 AM

Most of the tea factories have very old boilers under the operation- no safety regulation and no well schedule preventive or predivtive maintenace at all, The administration must be charged for these failure.

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Minister Saturday, 13 August 2011 10:17 AM

This is now over to you Factory Safety Inspectors of the Labour Department to carry out thorough inspection of all factories with boilers to ensure the safety regulations enacted by the factories ordinance are respected by the factory owners and to bring the culprits who turn blind eye to them before the law.

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mani Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:40 PM

Which estate is this?

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mani Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:47 PM

Which estate is this??

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ray Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:57 PM

Proper compensation should be given to the victims of the CRIME AGAINST THE WORKERS & THE SOCIETY.

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