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21 Dec 2011

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Kaieteur News [Guyana]

Labour Ministry begins probe into Haags Bosch death [Guyana]

The Ministry of Labour has launched an investigation to ascertain the circumstances that led to the death of…Clive Chisholm at the Haags Bosch dumpsite…Chisholm was reportedly crushed in one of the dumpsite pits by a truck which was reversing to discharge refuse…In addition, the company with which Chisholm was working with at the time of his death, Cevons Waste Management, has since indicated that they will only stand the funeral expenses…Minister Gopaul also met with officials from the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union, and officials from [the bauxite company] RUSAL in connection with the death of assistant surveyor Franklyn Reece…buried alive in a mining pit…Anthony Johnson, another assistant surveyor, sustained injuries in the disaster…when one of the walls of the pit collapsed. Reece was reportedly buried beneath a huge pile of rubble…