Lack of Safety Measures Leads to Two Deaths in Separate Incidents in Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai, 5th July 2024: In two separate incidents, negligence and lack of safety measures have led to the deaths of two individuals. In the first incident, the Uran police charged a crane operator with causing death by negligence after a surveyor was killed at a container yard in Jasai, Uran.
The victim, Sandeep Dinesh Chaurasiya, 26, was crushed when an empty container being lifted by the crane operator collapsed. The accident occurred at 8:30 pm on Wednesday when another driver, Santosh Laxman Andhale, 41, brought the container into the yard. According to Andhale’s statement to the police, the accident resulted from the crane operator’s negligence. The operator reportedly failed to check the vehicle’s locking system and continued to lift the container despite damaged locks. “The right side lock was damaged, which the crane operator was aware of. He saw the surveyor standing below and supervising the process, yet no precaution was taken,” said a police official from Uran police station.
In the second incident, a man fell to his death from an open duct intended for a lift in an under-construction building in Taloja. The deceased, identified as Pravin Dilip Shinde, 36, was walking through the site when he fell. The Taloja police have booked the contractor, Pankaj Patoliya, 45, for causing death by negligence.
“We are investigating why the deceased had gone to the site,” said a police official from Taloja police station. “It is a nine-storey building, and no safety measures were taken to ensure no one falls into the duct.” Both cases have been registered under Section 106 (death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
