An employee of the Ministry of Works has been warded at the Sir Lester Bird
Medical Centre with multiple burns to his body, following an accidental explosion
at the Burma Quarry.
Director of Works, Alden Crump, has confirmed that the explosion took place
following what appeared to be an attempt to remove remnants of used, explosive
materials that were being stored in a cooler.
He said he visited the victim at the hospital and noted that there were burns to the
man’s face, as well as to parts of his body. He noted that the injuries do not appear
to be life-threatening.
He, however, expressed concern about the frequency of accidents in the
department that have resulted in injuries. “We are going to have to get assistance
from the folks at the Health and Safety Units to work with us to devise
methodologies to prevent these accidents from happening. Within the last several
weeks, there have been three different types of accidents that have happened
including the one this morning,” he reported.
The other two accidents referred to a worker being trapped on a conveyer belt and
in the third case a worker received an electrical shock. Crump noted, that whilst so
far, there has been no loss of life, the frequency of these mishaps is now cause for
concern.
Up to news time last night, Crump was on his way to get an update on the injured
worker. The man’s identity has not been released.
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