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An explosion occurred on the Mesko plant in Skarżysko-Kamienna, belonging to the Polish Armaments Group. A 59-year-old firm worker died.
UPDATE 16:32. Prime Minister Donald Tusk commented on the explosion on the Mesko plant at a press briefing. “I additionally obtained data from the Minister of Inside and Administration in regards to the state of affairs in Skarżysko-Kamienna, on the Mesko plant, the place an explosion occurred. For apparent causes, we’re very vigilant and delicate to all such conditions. For now, there is no such thing as a cause to imagine that any exterior pressure was behind this dramatic occasion,” he stated. The Prime Minister emphasised that the suitable companies are on web site and each element shall be analyzed very rigorously.
RMF FM was the primary to report the incident. Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa introduced in an announcement that the incident occurred round 10 a.m. Because of the incident, one Mesko worker died and one individual is in hospital beneath the care of docs. The corporate’s hearth brigade took motion to extinguish the hearth. The hearth is at present being extinguished and the scene is being secured. The circumstances of the explosion are nonetheless being investigated, and the actions are being carried out by the police beneath the supervision of the prosecutor. PGZ confirms in an interview with Defence24.pl that the Mesko plant remains to be working, apart from the accident web site.
The Administration Boards of PGZ SA and Mesko SA expressed deep sympathy to the sufferer’s household and expressed assist for the household of the injured worker. The businesses supplied psychological help to the households of the worker who died and the injured social gathering, and it might even be supplied to different Mesko workers.
A particular fee has began work in Mesko to research the circumstances of the incident. Additionally on the stage of the Polish Armaments Group, a fee was established to research the circumstances of the incident, together with an evaluation of the circumstances that led to it, in addition to verification of the at present relevant procedures and potential suggestions for altering them, in order to make sure most work security.
Each the authorities of Mesko SA and PGZ declare their readiness to offer assist and help to the households of the injured and the plant’s workers.
Mesko is a producer of ammunition, together with missiles, belonging to the Polish Armaments Group. The vegetation in Skarżysko produce, amongst others: numerous sorts of small-, medium- and large-caliber ammunition, in addition to Piorun moveable anti-aircraft programs which have confirmed their value in fight situations in Ukraine, 122 mm Feniks rocket artillery missiles, and Spike-LR anti-tank guided missiles licensed by Israel.