Rice mill tragedy places sharp focus on safety and health delinquencies

Safety and Health Consultant Dale Beresford has told Stabroek Business that if reports regarding possible links between a defective storage tank at the Caricom Rice Mills Ltd (CRML) and last Friday’s death of company employee 17-year-old Threeion Gittens are sustainable then critical questions arise about “the diligence or otherwise” of both CRML and the Ministry of Labour as far as their safety and health obligations are concerned.

“If the reports that allude to a hole in a storage tank at CMRL are true the question arises as to whether the safety