Berbice: A team has been deployed to investigate an incident that occurred at Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (RUSAL), Upper Berbice River operation where several workers were injured.
Following the incident RUSAL’s Management indicated that efforts are being made to have its workers air-dashed to Georgetown for further precautionary medical attention.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has mandated the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, and other agencies to conduct an urgent investigation and to examine occupational health and safety concerns at the Company’s operation.
Meanwhile, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud has urged the team to conduct an expeditious and thorough investigation to ascertain the cause of the injuries.
According to reports, a policeman and two Russian nationals were among ten people injured yesterday after several boxes of fuel-soaked dynamite exploded at the RUSAL Bauxite Inc. at Kwakwani, Berbice River.
Three of the victims were treated at the Kwakwani Hospital before being air-lifted to the city and admitted to the Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital. At press time, four others were being taken via trail to the city.
Sources identified some of the injured as Renat Muldas; Andre Kotsyubinskiy; Michael Inniss, Remington Wade, 22; Dexter Alert, 23; Winston Mettelholzer and Matthews. Sources said that Mettelholzer and Matthews are Rusal security personnel, while Alert was said to be a drilling assistant.
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