What’s happening at Subic? – Gordon
SEN. Dick Gordon is not satisfied with the assurance of Malacañang and the Labor department that enough safety features are installed at the facilities of Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industry at Subic Bay.
Gordon asked the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority for a “full report” on the explosion last Friday inside Hanjin’s shipyard at the Redondo Peninsula which killed two workers and injured four others.
Ironically, the incident happened just a day after an inspection team from the SBMA and the Department of Labor and Employment gave a passing mark to the company’s health and safety standards.
“I have called on the SBMA to report on deaths and injuries at the Hanjin shipyard site, not just for this explosion but prior incidents as well so we can see whether the proper health and safety procedures are being followed to protect the Filipino workforce on the Rendondo Pensinsula; that right safety equipment and clothing are being used and that workers have been properly trained to avoid hazards and work safely; and that proper monitoring of health and safety issues is being carried out and that SBMA is doing its job of protecting Filipino workers.”
Palace spokesman Ignacio Bunye said they are still awaiting the result of the investigation being conducted by the SBMA and the Philippine National Police but quickly added that given the scale of Hanjin’s operations, “unfortunate accidents like this happen every now and then.”
Quoting a report from the local chapter of the Philippine National Red Cross, the lawmaker identified the fatalities as welders Mario Laxamana, 29, of Subic, Zambales, and Jeremias Adamos, 30, of Morong, Bataan.
By: Paul M. Gutierrez - Journal Online
Gordon asked the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority for a “full report” on the explosion last Friday inside Hanjin’s shipyard at the Redondo Peninsula which killed two workers and injured four others.
Ironically, the incident happened just a day after an inspection team from the SBMA and the Department of Labor and Employment gave a passing mark to the company’s health and safety standards.
“I have called on the SBMA to report on deaths and injuries at the Hanjin shipyard site, not just for this explosion but prior incidents as well so we can see whether the proper health and safety procedures are being followed to protect the Filipino workforce on the Rendondo Pensinsula; that right safety equipment and clothing are being used and that workers have been properly trained to avoid hazards and work safely; and that proper monitoring of health and safety issues is being carried out and that SBMA is doing its job of protecting Filipino workers.”
Palace spokesman Ignacio Bunye said they are still awaiting the result of the investigation being conducted by the SBMA and the Philippine National Police but quickly added that given the scale of Hanjin’s operations, “unfortunate accidents like this happen every now and then.”
Quoting a report from the local chapter of the Philippine National Red Cross, the lawmaker identified the fatalities as welders Mario Laxamana, 29, of Subic, Zambales, and Jeremias Adamos, 30, of Morong, Bataan.
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1 Comments:
its not a goodtime to grunt and whine no finger pointing please lets not dwell on the problem instead lets find a solution!
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Anonymous, at 1/24/2008 8:49 PM
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