Gurugram: A 22-year-old man who works in a factory in Ashok Vihar lost all five fingers his right hand after smoking inside the die-cutting machine, which he claims broken.
Balendra Singh rushed to a small clinic, from where Satyender brother took him to a private hospital.
Singh finally referred to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi.
The accident took place on September 9, Singh, who had arrived from Pratapgarh in six months ago, has started working at the Ashok Vihar factory after a few days.
He claimed he had repeatedly asked his employer, Yogendra Singh Rathore, to change the die-cutting engine, but it didn’t work.
The dead cutting machine is used to make various forms of paper or cards.
Because these machines use a combination of rollers and plates, they must be handled only by trained workers.
However, most workers at the factory in the city are forced to handle these machines without basic training, said sources.
“The machine is already old enough.
My brother had told the machine owner it was broken and could lead to an accident.
But he was asked to continue to work or leave work.
We are the poor.
We have several options,” Satyender said.
Thursday’s accident came almost a month after a 19-year-old contract worker lost his right hand in a power press accident at a factory in Sohna Road on August 8 that the worker also claimed that he was forced to work day and night.
Four days stretching.
Rathore’s alleged satyender also tried to avoid the problem by paying them money.
“I did not receive money from him.
My sister has lost his finger.
There is no amount of money that can compensate for losses,” he added.
There were also charges that no workers at the Ashok Vihar factory were given safety equipment while on duty.
“Tomorrow, if there is a fire at the factory, there is no emergency exit.
There are no workers provided by safety equipment,” Satyender said.
Following complaints by him, a FIR has been put forward against Rathore at the Sector 5 police station below, 279 (endangering human life) and 338 (causing painful sadness for anyone) from the IPC.
Rathore, however, dubbed the accusation of “unfounded”.
“The machine is not wrong, he lies,” he said.
The factory owner also denied paying money to satyender to stop this problem.
“I didn’t bribe him.
I brought him to the doctor,” Rathore said, who had 12 workers underneath.
Gurugram: workers lose all fingers in hand, claim the engine is broken
