India, three workers died of suspected asphyxiation in Apple components plant

Three workers died from suspected asphyxiation during maintenance and cleaning work inside a Tata Electronics plant in the Krishnagiri district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The plant, located near Hosur, produces components for Apple's iPhones. According to the newspaper The New Indian Express, the three workers, aged 25, 28 and 32, were exposed to toxic gases while carrying out checks on a tank at the wastewater treatment plant.

The alarm raised by a fourth worker

According to an initial reconstruction, one of the workers leaned inside the tank, losing consciousness after inhaling the gas. A second worker would have come in to help him, also fainting, while a third colleague, in an attempt to help them, would have suffered the same fate. A fourth member of the team, who witnessed the accident, raised the alarm. The three were extracted from the tank and transported to a hospital, where doctors declared their death. The victims worked for a subcontractor company responsible for work on the filtration system.