LALMONIRHAT, Nov 26: Three workers of a stone-crushing plant at Burimari Land Port in Patgram upazila have reportedly died of silicosis disease in the last 24 hours till Wednesday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Majibar Rahman, 50, son of Yakub Ali, Nuruzzaman Ahmed, 35, son of Siraj Uddin, and Dulal, 36, son of Absar Ali, all hailing from Ufaramar Bamandal area of the upazila.
Silicosis is a form of occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in the form of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs.     ?UNB