A dumper operator was killed in a freak accident at the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL)’s Open Cast Project-I in the Ramagundam-III area around 4:30 am early this morning.
The deceased was identified as K. Srinivas Rao, 46, a dumper operator.
He was killed on the spot in a collision involving two dumpers on the premises of the OCP-I in the early hours of the day.
The tragic incident coincided with the Foundation Day of the State-owned SCCL today.
A slew of accidents in the SCCL’s coal mines in the recent past turned the spotlight on mine safety.
Four coal miners were killed in a roof collapse incident in the SRP 3 & 3A incline underground mine in Mancherial district last month.
A freak accident claimed the life of a Superintendent Engineer (Mining) of the SCCL in the Kalyanikhani OCP in Mandamarri area on November 19.
