Labour officers visit site of shore base fatality

Labour officers on the site with employees (Ministry of Labour photo)

The probe by the Ministry of Labour into the death of 36-year-old Venezuelan, Rusbel Azocar  while he was working at the Vreed-en-Hoop Shore Base Inc (VEHSI) construction site on Saturday continued yesterday.

The ministry said in a release that yesterday morning, Assistant Chief Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) officers, Maxean Bess and Roydon Croal, visited the shore base to inspect the area where Azocar allegedly fell and was fatally injured.

They were accompanied by representatives of Belgian company Jan De Nul Inc., who had employed Azocar through subcontractor, Gas Total Solutions Guyana Inc.