The Ministry of Labour and Manpower Planning will be conducting countrywide inspections of construction sites to ensure their operations are in compliance with Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) standards.
This is according to subject minister Keoma Griffith in an interview with the Department of Public Information.
“I intend to come into the field, onto worksites and get inspections done to see that all construction sites are complying with the occupational health and safety requirements,” Griffith stated.
“In the coming days, I intend to visit as many sites as possible… This office has been decentralised, so in every region, an office has been set up (with occupational health and safety workers) to ensure that regular inspections are being conducted,” he further outlined.
Minister Griffith made the remarks during a visit at the construction site at Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara where a worker lost his life on Monday.
“A life has been lost, and we are concerned. There is no circumstance where we would like to see someone die on a worksite. The safety and health of every worker is of extreme importance to not only my ministry, but this government,” Minister Griffith emphasised.
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