The Ministry of Labour has launched an investigation into last Saturday’s incident which saw an 18-year-old being injured after he fell through the elevator shaft from the third floor of a six-storey building under construction at Robb and Camp streets.
“Yes, we are investigating, our officers went there and took statements and the investigation is ongoing,” Chief Labour Officer Charles Ogle told Stabroek News yesterday when contacted.
He said he could not divulge any further information until the completion of the investigation. He also did not entertain questions about the fact that the owner of the building, R N Khan (only name given to this newspaper), said that all of the workers on the building were employed by sub-contractors. The man had said
