An autopsy has revealed that 34-year-old construction worker Asraf Hoosaney who fell to his death while working on a bond at La Bonne Intention on Tuesday died as a result of being electrocuted.
Hoosaney met his demise after he came into contact with a wire that his family members allege was left exposed by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Company.
According to his son Avinash, who was also working on the Tony’s Auto Spares bond, the wire has been exposed for a while. “GPL join the wire and leff it jus suh. They didn’t tape it up or anything. GPL is the cause of this problem,” the young man said.
Other family members also echoed similar sentiments. “GPL had the problem, it wasn’t anything to do with Tony’s,” one family member had said.
However, Asraf’s father Ibrahim Hoosaney had questioned why his employers would have sent him to the worksite knowing that there was an exposed wire. “They know the wire was there years. Why they didn’t tell he to be careful?” the man questioned.
Meanwhile, his son had told this newspaper that they had only started working on the bond last week. “Is only yesterday [Tuesday] we turned out back. We were closing off the shed,” he said.
The young man also related that no protective gear was provided to them. He further said that numerous complaints were made about the wire but nothing was done about it.
Asraf’s wife Dhanpattie Beepat said he had been working with the company for a number of years.
