GPL neglected to inform Public Service Ministry of linesman’s death – Joseph

Kenneth Joseph

General Secretary of the National Association for Agriculture Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) Kenneth Joseph said the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) neglected to inform the Ministry of Public Service of the injury, and subsequent death, of one of its contracted linesmen in Berbice.

Seon Scott, 19, a GPL linesman who sustained severe electrical burns after being struck by a live wire on the job, succumbed on Thursday