Koderma (Jharkhand), Aug 26 (PTI) Four workers were killed in Koderma district after a malfunction in a temporary lift, police officer said on Thursday.

The incident occurred in Banjhedih under Jaynagar block, when they got into the lift following inspection of an under-construction chimney at a 1,000-MW thermal power plant, he said.

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Superintendent of Police Kumar Gaurav said wires of the lift snapped and it fell from a height of around 80 metres.

All the four were rushed to Koderma Sadar Hospital, where doctors declared them dead, Gaurav said.

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Police said rescue operation at the site was underway.

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