| Following the death of three bauxite workers last week, Government has warned Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Incorporated, Region 10,Ander Herrera Jersey, to take actions to improve its safety measures.On Thursday, three Bosai workers were killed in an accident involving a pick-up and a hauler truck at the bauxite company’s East Montgomery Mine site. Two persons were also injured. Immediately after the incident, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour Ministry launched an investigation.Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud visits Bosai accident victim Marlon Pollydore at the Linden Hospital.The company is claiming that it has a functioning occupational, health and safety department, and has been continuously engaging workers in health and safety training programmes.Leading the team to Linden was Natural Resources Minister, Robert Persaud.Regarding the recently Cabinet-approved regulations for Occupational Health and Safety (OS&H), Persaud made it clear that his Ministry will be meeting with all the small, large and medium scale mining companies to address the issue of health and safety.Bosai’s management said it has been monitoring and taking the necessary steps to ensure full recovery of Marlon Pollydore and Fabian Anthony, the two survivors of the accident. Anthony has been released from the Linden Hospital and a further private evaluation was conducted by a specialist doctor in Georgetown.However,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, Pollydore, whom the minister met in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit, is scheduled to undergo another surgery to remove the tubes that were placed in him.The company will also be providing assistance to the families outside of the regular insurance coverage.Minister Persaud also visited the families of driver of the pickup,Jerseys NFL Cheap, 43-year-old Michael Williams, mechanic 62-year-old Trenton Garner and 20-year-old Kester Grant where he assured them that the company will fulfill its obligations to them.He also urged that the company provide counselling for the driver of the heavy-duty truck and if possible, witnesses.When asked by the Minister what occurred on that fateful day, the company’s OH&S co-ordinator, Raymond Sankar,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, explained that based on investigations, the driver of the pick-up was in the process of undertaking the hauler truck.He said that the pick-up was crushed after it slid under the truck, which drove over it as they traversed the company’s internal road at the mine site.Sankar said that the procedure is that pick-ups should give way to hauler trucks in order to avoid mishap.Following the deadly accident,Alexis Sanchez Jersey, the company put a halt to its operations.“A tragedy such as this does require us to ensure that we heal the situation at hand, but also to proceed with production and satisfy markets,” Minister Persaud said.He added that the Ministry has been working with the company to ensure that they meet their target but bauxite production has been decreasing across the country. The target,Cheap NBA Jerseys Online, he said,Authentic Jerseys Wholesale, is to have 500,000 tonnes and the company is hoping to reach close to that target. |
