Cevon’s in court for not reporting crushing death

Clive Chisholm

A case has been brought against Cevon’s Waste Management Services for not reporting the death of Clive Chisholm, whose head was crushed under a company truck at the Haggs Bosch dump at Eccles, East Bank Demerara last December.

This is according to Chief Labour, Occupational Safety and Health Officer Yoganand Persaud. He told Stabroek News that the case before the court is for the company’s failure to report the December 15, 2011 incident as the employer of the now dead man.

Persaud added that they only knew of the incident after it was blasted in the media and when the wife of Chisholm came into the ministry to request assistance for compensation from