Less than a week after Stabroek News reported that flooded foundation piles and sheet piles opening had added to the delay in the readiness of the Vreed-en-Hoop Shorebase Inc (VEHSI) artificial island project in Region Three, work has been suspended following a fatal incident.
The dead man has been identified as 36-year-old Health and Safety worker Rusbel Jesus Rengel Azocar, of San Felix, Venezuela. He was at the time employed by subcontractor Gas Total Solution Inc.
“At approximately 18:40 hrs on February 10th, 2024, there was an industrial accident at the Vreed-En-Hoop shorebase. This resulted in a fatality, which unfortunately, claimed the life of a foreign national working with a subcontractor,” the company said in a statement, after being contacted by this newspaper yesterday.
