By IANS
Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu) : Four workers died due to poisonous methane gas inhalation during maintenance work at a sewage tank in the car-making factory of Hyundai India Ltd here, fire service officials said Saturday.
The officials undertaking rescue operations said the accident late Friday was caused due to “neglect” in undertaking maintenance work. The tank was used to store wastes of paint.
The Hyundai car factory at Irrungatukottai in the Sriperumbudur industrial zone on Chennai’s outskirts is a high-profile manufacturing car unit.
The four dead were contracted employees, said the district authorities investigating the accident.
Hyundai officials have so far refused to comment.