Worker dies in drum explosion

Worker dies in drum explosion

JAKARTA: A thirty-year-old construction worker died after an
empty drum of frying oil, which he was welding, exploded in his
face on Thursday.

The body of Sandi, a resident of Ciracas, East Jakarta, who at
the time was working on a construction project at the Siti
Chadijah maternity hospital, South Jakarta, was taken to the
morgue of the Fatmawati Public Hospital, South Jakarta.

According to Sandi's work mates, the incident took place at
around 4 p.m. on Thursday. The workers, who at the time had just
finished working, were surprised by a loud explosion, and when
they went to investigate, they found Sandy's body all covered
with blood.

Sandy, who was known to be a kindly and diligent person, is
survived by a wife and child. --Antara