Operations at the Nhava Sheva Freeport Terminal (NSFT), a container terminal at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA), were suspended after empty containers fell from an anchored vessel during heavy rain and strong winds early on Monday, killing one worker and seriously injuring another.
The accident took place at around 3:30 a.m. at the container berth in Uran taluka. Four of the eight empty containers stacked on the vessel toppled and fell onto two trucks working at the terminal, bringing operations at NSFT to a halt.
According to Nhava Sheva police, one of the trucks was collecting hazardous waste from ships.
The two workers were standing on the truck, removing waste oil from anchored vessels and transferring it into the vehicle, when the containers fell and trapped them beneath one of the containers.
The worker who died was identified as Amit Kumar Kishor Prasad, 19, from Bihar. The injured worker, identified as Naeem, 30, from Ghaziabad,
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