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Two workers fall to death in petrochemical plant in Iran

Oil&Gas Materials 2 May 2016 14:13 (UTC +04:00)

Tehran, Iran, May 2

By Mehdi Sepahvand - Trend:

Two workers died after falling from high structures at the western Iranian province of Ilam's petrochemical plant.

One worker named Moradjan Qobadi fell while moving on a 70-centimeter wide concrete beam 10 meters above the ground, while the other one, named Ali Kazemi, fell from a high place while trying to wrap a tent, the factory's CEO Farhad Daneshi said, Fars news agency reported May 2.

Each year 22,000 work-related incidents happen in Iran, 15,000 of which account for the construction sector.

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