7 asphyxiated while cleaning edible oil tank
- February 10, 2023
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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7 asphyxiated while cleaning edible oil tank
Subject :Science and Technology
Section :Health
Concept :
- Seven workers died from asphyxiation during the removal of sludge from an edible oil tank at a mill in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh.
Asphyxiation
- Asphyxiation is a condition in which the blood becomes more venous by the accumulation of more carbon dioxide and the oxygen supply is diminished.
- Asphyxia is the extreme condition caused by lack of oxygen in the blood, produced by interference with respiration or insufficient oxygen in the air.