14 workplace deaths recorded

–investigations completed on six, Labour Department reports

THE Labour Department of the Ministry of Social Protection has reported more than a dozen on-the-job deaths so far for the year, all being male.

Investigations into six of these deaths have been completed while work on eight is ongoing.
These deaths include Junarine Taijramon, a 53-year-old tractor operator, employed at the Skeldon Estate who was stung to death by Africanised bees.

That report is outstanding. Brian David Clifford, a 47-year-old linesman employed with the Guyana Power and Light Company died on January 3, after falling from a utility pole. A preliminary report has been submitted to the ministry.
The report on the death of Damian Lackhan, 26, was also submitted to the ministry. The former Gafoors employee died on January 15, after he was pinned by a steel gate on the company’s premises.

The investigation into the death of Carlton Megan, a 48 year old refrigeration technician who died as a result of an explosion at the Houston Wharf Ice plant is still ongoing.
Investigations are also continuing into the death of Cadagon Melvin, a 43-year old road maintenance supervisor at Barama Company Limited who was pinned between a truck and excavator on February 15.
The report has been submitted pertaining to the death of Damon Richards, a 29-year-old mining pit foreman who died at Goat Creek, Blue Mountain on March 3, as a result of a fractured spine.

William Stanford’s case is still under investigation. The 59-year-old Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) internal security died as a result of a vehicular accident in April.
The report into the death of 52-year-old Poramand Babadir has been submitted to the ministry. Babadir drowned at the Uitvlugt Estate on April 1.
The case of 21-year-old Wesley Patoir was also submitted to the Labour Ministry. The serviceman was smashed by a piece of heavy earth machinery while conducting duties at Rusal on June 5.

Gerald Henry’s case is also complete and was handed over to the ministry. The 64- year-old security guard was shot by a bandit at a supermarket where he was guarding.
Investigations are ongoing into the death of Collin Winston Martin, a 40-year-old pilot who was killed while performing duties for Roraima Airways where he was employed.
Deon Baptiste, 22, was crushed by a falling tree in Takutu. His case is ongoing as well as that of Odinga Wickham, the prison warden who was killed during the Camp Street Prison unrest.

The matter of security guard Sammy Powell is also being investigated. His throat was slit while performing duties at his place of employment on Robb Street, Georgetown.
Minister Keith Scott had explained last month that there were improvements being made in the treatment of industrial incidents and deaths. He attributed the improvement to increased worker health and safety education.

Minister Scott insists that all employers are obligated by law to report industrial accidents and deaths to the relevant arm of the Labour Department.

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