A worker at Intel's semiconductor plant in Kiryat Gat was killed midday today in an industrial explosion that left two others critically injured, Soroka Medical Center has confirmed.
Three Intel employees were hurt in the blast at varying levels of severity. One arrived at the hospital in critical condition and two in serious condition. The hospital announced that the worker brought in critical condition did not survive his injuries.
"To our sorrow, the injured man evacuated this afternoon in critical condition to the trauma room at Soroka's emergency department, following the explosion at the plant in Kiryat Gat, has died of his wounds despite the efforts of the medical teams," the hospital said in a statement.
"We share in the family's grief."
The two other injured workers remain hospitalized and are receiving intensive medical treatment. "The two additional injured are hospitalized in the internal intensive care unit in serious condition," the hospital said.
