Coimbatore: Man killed in workplace accident

COIMBATORE: A 29-year-old man died in a workplace accident at Chinniyampalayam in the city on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as D Chandrakumar, of Veerachipalayam in Erode district, an engineer at a plastic manufacturing unit on Irugur Road. “A piece of heavy machinery fell on his head when he was working on Tuesday morning. He was rushed to a private hospital in Neelambur, where he passed away,” a police officer said.
Based on a complaint from Chandrakumar’s father V P Duraisamy, the Singanallur police registered a case under IPC Section 304 (a) (causing death by negligence) against unit manager Raman Unni and supervisors Udayan and Biju Mohan.