Chennai: A man who tried to rescue his colleague who got stuck in a 13-foot-drench using earthmover mistakenly severed his head in Madurai on Friday. The deceased worker identified as Sathish (34) from Erode got buried alive in a 13-foot drench while carrying out pipeline works at Ramamurthy Nagar in Madurai.
On Friday, while Sathish was working to lay the underground drainage pipe the loose soil suddenly caved in, said a report on The Hindu.
On seeing him, C Pragalanathan (52), an earthmover operator of the contractor, hurriedly used an earthmover to remove the soil in order to save Sathish. However, he unexpectedly chopped Sathish's head.
The police said, the head of Sathish was on the top layer of the soil and when earthmover removed a portion of the soil in the first attempt the head got severed and it came along with the soil.
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All the workers upon seeing this immediately fled the spot.
However, the police nabbed the site engineer Sikkandar, site supervisor Balu and excavator operator Suresh, said a report on Times of India. The police also registered a case under charges of causing death due to negligence.
The fire and services worker then removed the soil and recovered the body of the worker using ropes. The body was then sent for autopsy.
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The city corporation officials also said that the workers should be using ropes while entering deep trenches as a safety precaution.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu CM Stalin announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh to the family of the deceased worker.