Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Textile Unit Owner Booked After Worker’s 70-Foot Fall
A worker was badly hurt at a textile factory in Bhiwandi.
The accident happened on September 16.
Police said he was coming down an iron ladder after checking equipment on the roof.
He slipped and fell through a cement sheet.
He then fell about 70 feet down an open lift shaft.
He landed on cardboard at the bottom.
He suffered serious injuries to his spine, chest, and ribs.
Police accused the factory owner of not covering the shaft or installing safety netting.
A 26-year-old textile worker suffered serious injuries after falling nearly 70 feet at a factory in Bhiwandi.
Police said Gautamkumar Narsinghrao Kumar slipped while descending an iron ladder after inspecting the factory’s rooftop facilities.
He fell through a broken cement sheet and an open lift shaft, landing on cardboard at the bottom.
The September 16 incident caused a spinal cord fracture, severe chest trauma, and fractured ribs.
Factory owner Kirankumar Babulal Shah was booked for negligence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita over alleged safety failures.
- Who
- Worker Gautamkumar Narsinghrao Kumar was injured; factory owner Kirankumar Babulal Shah was booked.
- What
- Kumar suffered serious injuries in a nearly 70-foot fall, and police registered a negligence case against Shah.
- When
- The accident occurred on September 16; the case was reported on September 20.
- Where
- The incident occurred at a textile factory in the Saravali MIDC area of Bhiwandi, in Maharashtra’s Thane district.
- Why
- Police said necessary safety precautions, including covering the lift shaft with iron plates or safety netting, had not been taken.
- Worker
- Gautamkumar Narsinghrao Kumar, 26
- Factory location
- Saravali MIDC area, Bhiwandi, Thane district, Maharashtra
- Fall distance
- Nearly 70 feet
- Incident date
- September 16
- Injuries
- Spinal cord fracture, severe chest trauma, and fractured ribs
- Accused owner
- Kirankumar Babulal Shah, 69
- Legal provision
- Negligence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita