Another young construction worker has lost his life after he fell off a scaffold while working on a building at Montrose, East Coast Demerara.
Dead is 23-year-old Norman Abrams of Lot 804 B Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown.
Reports are that Abrams was employed by a resident of Third Street Montrose.
On Saturday, the young man was on a scaffold along with another worker putting on moulding on the outer part of the western roof of a two-storey concrete structure.
While working, the wood on the scaffold turned over and both persons fell off.
Abrams fell in the neighbour’s yard while the other man that was working with him fell under the scaffold.
Dead: 23-year-old Norman Abrams
Abrams was found lying on his back in a pool of blood, with injuries to his head. He was picked up and rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) by his employer and colleague where he was pronounced dead on arrival. An investigation has been launched.
On November 27, a 16-year-old worker died after he fell from a rice mill shed which is under construction at Vilvoorden, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).
Dead is Amar Dindyal.
Reports are that Dindyal, the eldest child for his single mother, was employed with a private contractor of Pomona Scheme, Region Two, as a labourer.
The contractor was employed by the owner of the Golden Fleece and Vilvoorden Rice Mill for the construction of a dryer shed at Vilvoorden.
Reports are that at about 15:00h a relative of the teen was contacted to inform the family that Dindyal fell from the shed. The teen, however, succumbed to his injuries while receiving medical attention. An investigation has been launched.
Only on November 24, <<<Guyana Times>>> reported that at least 50 persons have lost their lives since August 2020, according to data released by the Labour Ministry.
Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton in releasing the data had said that this occurrence has to be stopped.
“We have two choices in this matter. Either we continue our merry way, and we prepare to go wake houses and play dominoes and cards, and to attend funerals; or we change. For me, the first option is that I don’t want to shepherd that. I have already had to issue nearly 50 death announcements since I am a Minister. Fifty is too much,” he had said.
The Minister said many times people pay attention to the statistics when their main focus should be the loss a family has to endure.
“For me, it is a person, a father, a husband, a son, and in many cases, persons who are leaving children behind because the breadwinner is gone. That cannot continue.”
Earlier this month, 22-year-old Sudesh Charran, a labourer of Lot 3964 West Minister, West Bank Demerara (WBD), was crushed by a metal lift while working at a supermarket at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara (WCD).
The now dead man was reportedly walking under the metal lift to enter the supermarket when it fell from the upper flat and pinned him to the ground.
As a result, workers rushed to his assistance and used a piece of wood to lift the metal structure from the man’s body. They managed to pull him out but by this time, he was motionless and a large wound was seen to the top of his head.
The Police were summoned, and the injured victim was taken to the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) where he was pronounced dead on arrival. An investigation is underway.
