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May 25, 2011 News
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will be moving to compensate the family of factory worker, Jainarine ‘Derrick’ Singh, who died Monday after an explosion at the Enmore site.
GuySuCo will also be covering the funeral expense of Singh, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, said yesterday.
The official made the announcement hours after he visited the man’s Railway Embankment home at Triumph, East Coast Demerara. Accompanying him was GuySuCo’s Chief Executive Officer, Paul Bhim, among others.
GuySuCo and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), the main workers’ bargaining body, are both part of a special team probing the incident.
Persaud declined to elaborate on the explosion, noting that the probe will determine the cause.
However, it was pointed out that the explosion did not happen in the recently commissioned multi-million-dollar sugar packaging plant.
The plant’s operations have not been affected, the Minister assured.
Singh passed away around 17:30hrs Monday at the Woodlands Hospital.
On Monday, GAWU claimed that requisite tests on a new system linked to a packaging plant are still to be done.
According to GAWU, it “strongly recommends an impartial enquiry into the severe injuries suffered by worker Jainarine Singh of Enmore Estate over a week ago. Singh is said to have suffered first degree burns and injuries to his intestines.”
“The incident occurred in the section of the Enmore factory housing the dryers. The dryers were recently commissioned as part of the packaging plant. Workers from the factory reported to the union that a defective valve has allowed an excessive flow of pressurised air into the pipe system causing the accident.”
Singh was reportedly hit by pieces of metal after the defective valve exploded.
“The workers also said that the requisite testing of the system and important components are yet to be done. GAWU whilst welcoming this necessary value-added facility, hopes that it would not be found that gross industrial negligence is the cause of Comrade Jainarine Singh’s demise.”
He was employed at the sugar company for 31 years as a ‘boiler operator’ until he was recently transferred to the ‘mills and boiler’ section.
Initially, he worked at the La Bonne Intention (LBI) location before he was shifted to the Enmore factory.
Hospital officials said that following the first operation, he experienced breathing difficulties. Doctors then placed him on a “respiratory machine”.
On Monday, GuySuCo in a statement said that it has taken note of the public call by GAWU for an impartial inquiry.
“The Corporation wishes to state that its Health and Safety guidelines dictate that any incident which results in injury to a worker in the industry must be investigated. As such a team of investigators have already conducted their reviews, including interviews with the other employees who were with Mr. Singh when the incident occurred.
“That report will soon be completed.”
The Corporation also disclosed that it has decided to assemble another team, inclusive of representation from GAWU, to conduct a separate investigation into the incident.
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