One Indian worker was killed in an accident during construction of a nuclear submarine, a defense statement said Sunday, the latest in a string of deadly mishaps to hit the navy.
Two other workers were injured in the incident late Saturday afternoon at a ship building center in the southeast coastal city of Visakhapatnam, the Defence Research and Development Organisation statement said.
An inquiry was under way into the incident, which occurred when one of the hatches flew off and hit the contract workers during pressure testing of a part of the submarine, according to local media reports.
“One person, a contractual worker lost his life in the accident. Two others were injured and are under treatment,” the organization, which is charge of the construction project, said in the statement.
The accident came just one day after a toxic gas leak on board the yet-to-be commissioned INS Kolkata naval ship killed an officer and injured two others during trials in Mumbai on Friday.
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