Keppel Shipyard found non-compliant on safety standards
By Angie M. Rosales 10/18/2011The Singapore-based Keppel Subic Shipyard, the employer of the six Filipino workers who died in an accident while working on a container ship in Subic, Zambales some two weeks ago, was found to be non-compliant of the country’s safety standards.
Labor officials, in relaying the matter to Senate probers yesterday during the initial investigation of the incident, said the company was reportedly in rush to complete simultaneously contracted job orders, compromising apparently the safety and health measures needed at the site.
“Simultaneous repair works were done to fast-track the completion of the project because of the approaching deadline. This led to inadequate safety and health measure on the job being done at the site,” Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) Undersecretary Lourdes Trasmonte told the Senate committee on labor, employment and human resource development..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20111018nat2.html
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gags, pera.pera lang ba yan? dapat sa inyo maharap sa kriminal na paglilitis dahil sa mga napatay ng kapabayaan ninyo.
"Keppel president Mok Kim Whang apologized before the committee for the accident, adding that his company intend to cover for all the expenses of the workers and also assure assistance to the families of the victims."
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