Three people were injured, one of them seriously, in the explosion at the Energetika Nova Željezara Zenica plant, which happened today around 4:25 p.m., Lejla Ekinović, spokesperson for the Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Zenica-Doboj Canton, confirmed to Feni.
Minor injuries were sustained by MM from Prijedor and NA from Zenica, while MK from Begovo Han near Žepče, born in 1967, sustained serious injuries on that occasion and was transported to the Sarajevo University Clinical Center.
– An investigative team was formed, which was supposed to carry out an investigation under the supervision of the ZDK cantonal prosecutor on duty, but for security reasons, the investigation was not carried out tonight. The site of the accident has been secured and tomorrow it will be assessed whether the conditions for the investigation have been met – said spokeswoman Ekinović, who pointed out that the Centar Police Station in Zenica received a report about the explosion and the accident from the Zenica Emergency Medical Service.
According to the information given to Feni by the president of the Zenica-Doboj Canton Metal Workers’ Union, Kenan Mujkanović, the employee of Nova Željezara Zenica, Mirnes Kamerić, suffered serious injuries.
– Kamerić suffered severe burns while transferring gas at the Energetika plant. There was a gas ignition and an explosion, says Mujkanović.
Nova Željezara Zenica Alena Kahrimanović, spokeswoman for the company, confirmed that today, around 4:25 p.m., in the vicinity of the NŽZ complex, there was an explosion and fire “during the transfer of liquid oxygen from the tank of the company Messer – which is usual work”, but according to her information, two people were injured.
-Firefighters, police and ambulance immediately came to the scene. The fire is localized, and more will be known about the causes after the investigation is completed. Two workers were injured. One employee of the Messer company received minor injuries, while an employee of the NŽZ received more serious injuries and was transferred to the KCUS for further treatment after receiving assistance. Competent services are taking all the necessary measures to determine the circumstances of the event – spokeswoman Kahrimanović pointed out in her answer.
We would like to remind you that the gas explosion in the Nova železara Zenica occurred today around 4:00 p.m. The information about the explosion was confirmed for Oslobodjenje.ba by the President of the Steel Industry Trade Union, Rašid Fetić.
– The explosion happened on the day of the hearing. The workers work under enormous pressure and therefore mistakes happen, he said.
