Phagwara : A 52-year-old worker was buried alive while five others sustained injuries, when a shed caved in after the chimney of a factory fell over it in Baba Gadhiya locality here, police said today.
The deceased has been identified as Jagan Nath, a resident of local Santokhpura. The injured were rushed to the local civil hospital, police said.
A chimney accidentally fell down over the adjacent shed of the factory last night and the shed caved in, they said adding, half a dozen workers were sitting under the shed when the incident took place.