MARGAO

On October 17, 2025, a massive fire cum blast on an under construction vessel at Ms Vijay Marine Services Pvt Ltd at Rassaim-Loutolim had claimed the lives of five workers due to burn injuries.

A day later on October 18, Chief Inspector of Factories and Boilers Anant S Pangam had issued a host of directions to the occupier and manager of Vijay Marine Services, Loutolim prohibiting all activities and operations of the under construction 80M Landing Craft vessel on which the accident had occurred, until further orders.

Amongst the directions, includes the direction to conduct Root Cause Analysis of the accident through recognised Occupational Safety & Health Auditor so as to ascertain the exact cause of the accident and submit action taken report on the findings. The management wa

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