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Dec 09, 2010 News
Firefighters were summoned to Demerara Oxygen Company (DOCOL) to extinguish a small fire that ignited at the gas plant, at the company’s operations site at Eccles, East Bank Demerara
Workers were evacuated from the building and a children’s Christmas party was disrupted. The event had to be transferred to the Eccles Primary School located opposite DOCOL.
It was disclosed that there was a mini explosion that traced to a generator that was located close to the gas plant. It was set alight by a combination of vapour and heat. In October, three employees of DOCOL were also injured in a freak accident at company’s operations site, they were; Heera Persaud and Rabindranauth Ramdhani, both of Leonora, and Mirvel Richards of Bagostville.
DOCOL’s Chief Executive Officer, Shameer Hoosein, had previously said that the company had recruited experts to fix the equipment that caused a previous explosion.
According to an official from the Ministry of Labour, an investigation had been previously carried out for the last explosion that occurred in October, and recommendations were made to the company.
However, this fire should cause the company to review its operational procedures.
Where is the BETTER MANAGEMENT/RENEGOTIATION OF THE OIL CONTRACTS you promised Jagdeo?
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