The investigation by the Ministry of Labour into the catastrophic boiler explosion at Hakh Rice Mill, Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice, in Region Five, on the afternoon of March 14 is ongoing but the owner says an internal probe has found the cause.
A consultant to the Ministry with responsibility for the Occupational Safety and Health department who wished for her name not be mentioned told the Sunday Stabroek yesterday when asked for an update into the explosion that the Ministry is still working to find the cause of the explosion. “We have a Steam Boiler expert who is assisting with the investigations. It is not finished as yet,” she said.
Meanwhile, Fiaz Abdool Hakh, the 47-year-old businessman of Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara who owns the mill told the Sunday Stabroek that the company has completed their internal investigation and is now waiting on the government to complete their probe so the cause of the explosion can be revealed.
