GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jan 10, CMC – Public Works Minister, Bishop Juan Edghill, Friday extended condolences to the family of a Chinese national, whose body was retrieved from the Demerara River two days after he fell into the river during rigging and offloading operations on Wednesday.
The Public Workers ministry had said that the contractor, China Railway Construction Corporation Limited, was fully cooperating with local authorities following the incident involving 39 year-old Fu-jian Wei, and that the Occupational Health and Safety Department of the Ministry of Labour had launched an investigation.
“The worker was carried by the swift current downstream. Immediate search and rescue operations were initiated by the company’s emergency response team, with assistance from the Coast Guard and police units on night patrol in the area,” it said
In a statement Friday, the ministry said that Edghill had extended “heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Fu-jian Wei” after the body was found earlier during the day.
It said that Edghill “emphasized the government’s commitment to worker safety and has admonished the contractor to ensure that all safety measures are immediately implemented to guarantee the well-being of all workers for the remainder of the project” taking place on the new Demerara River Bridge
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