Two workers were injured in an explosion that occurred on the night of June 28 at ETİ Bakır’s Mazıdağı Metal Recovery and Integrated Fertilizer Facilities in Mazıdağı in the southeastern Turkish province of Mardin, Turkey’s Bianet news portal reported.
One of the workers is in a serious condition, according to the Mezopotamya Agency, ascited by the report.
The incident is reported to have taken place in the acid production section of the plant during the cutting of rubber. A gas tank exploded when the cutting disc touched it.
ETİ Bakır’s Mazıdağı Metal Recovery and Integrated Fertilizer Facilities has process capacity for 550,000 mt/y of phosphate rock and a production capacity of 750,000 mt/y for fertilizers, according to Turkish media reports.
The facility is owned by Turkish conglomerate Cengiz Holding AŞ.