Two workers were killed and two others injured in a blast at a sawmill in Kotchandpur upazila of Jhenaidah on Tuesday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Milton, 28 and Ram, 40, residents of the same upazila.
The injured, Alamgir and Monirul Islam, were admitted to Jessore General Hospital.
Kabir Matabbar, officer-in-charge of Kotchandpur police station, said the main machine of the sawmill exploded after being overheated while the workers were working around 4pm.
The accident left Milton and Ram dead on the spot and the two critically injured, he said.
The duo was sent to Jessore General Hospital as their condition was said to be critical.
