Dear Editor,
I’m writing regarding three workers who lost their lives at their places of work. Are health and safety practices at companies not sufficiently thorough? Now these mourning family have lost their loved ones due to accidents at their workplaces.
I’m asking that immediate action be taken to implement protocols in the workplace.
The first tragedy took place on Saturday, October 12, when Patrick Pickets, a serviceman at a top mix cement firm, suffered fatal injuries while servicing a fourteen-tonne cement mixing truck.
The second tragedy happened the very next day, October 13. In this second workplace fatality, Marlon Davidson, a 37-year-old security supervisor employed with the Hopkinson Mining Security firm, tragically lost his life after an accident involving an ATV on the northern side of the Sand Hill Trail. Davidson lost control of the vehicle while on duty.
The third workplace fatality occurred on Wednesday, October 16, in Region Eight, when what is suspected to be a drowning occurred, but it is still been investigated.
Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton has said, “Wherever people work, they must feel safe. They must be able to return to their families.”
Therefore, I’m asking the Government to look into health and safety protocols at workplaces.
Yours sincerely,
Mandy
