Three contract workers die of suspected asphyxiation at Tata Electronics plant in Krishnagiri

KRISHNAGIRI: Three contract workers died of suspected asphyxiation while carrying out maintenance and cleaning work inside a nano-filtration feed tank at a Tata Electronics plant near Uddanapalli in Krishnagiri district on Monday (November 09) evening. The facility near Hosur manufactures components for Apple iPhones.

The workers were part of a team engaged in cleaning the effluent treatment plant (ETP) at the facility in Vanniyapuram. Krishnagiri Collector C Dinesh Kumar said there were no proper safety measures in place while handling the ETP. “The district administration is inquiring into the incident,” he said.