Two people were killed and four others were inured following a nitrogen leak at a plant operated by the technology manufacturer LG Display Co. in South Korea.
One of the four staff and contractors that were injured remains in a critical condition.
When the alarm was raised, emergency workers found one person dead at the scene while another died en route to hospital – as reported by a state-run news agency. The leak occurred early Monday (today) at the company’s factory in Paju – about 25 miles from Seoul.
Workers and subcontractors on the premises were carrying out routine maintenance work when the incident occurred. According to a firefighters report a nitrogen gas cylinder was open by mistake – which caused the situation. The four workers, all reported in their 30s, were taken to four hospitals in the area.
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