He fell on to a conveyor belt, and in seconds was turned into pulp, his shrieks of terror drowned by heavy machinery. This is no horror film, but what happened to a nineteen year old boy just yesterday.

Erode, Tamil Nadu:  a young man from Bihar  was working along a conveyor belt in a private paper mill. He made just one slip that proved fatal. He was turned into pulp after he accidentally fell into a pulp making machine. This happened at a paper mill near Bhavani Sagar in the district.

Barring a small bone and a few pieces of the T-shirt that he wore, his entire body had turned into pulp.

One of his mates told the police that Vicky Kumar fell into the conveyor belt leading to the pulp making machine and was crushed to death. When his co-worker, also from Bihar, raised an alarm the machine was stopped immediately. However, he was crushed totally, said police.

Some among the over 20 other workers, all from Bihar, were said to have identified the shredded parts of the T-shirt worn by the victim, Vicky Kumar. The police had been told by the co-workers that the Vicky was 19 years old.  The management of the paper mill said he was aged 21.

“We are unable to confirm the age since the boy has no relatives here and the co-workers were from different parts of Bihar who had become familiar with one another only at the work spot,” said Ravi, Inspector of Bhavani Sagar Police Station.

The Department of Industrial Safety and Health could not immediately determine the victim’s age. Joint Director of Industrial Safety and Health Government of Tamil Nadu Mr V Manokaran said necessary action will be taken based on an investigation on Wednesday to determine whether there safety measures were followed properly by the paper making company.

(From media sources, prepared by Newsnet Desk with inputs from Seema Kumari)

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