Although its investigation has been completed and a number of recommendations made, the Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Consultant, Gwenneth King yesterday told Stabroek News that the department is awaiting advice from the ministry’s legal advisor on the way forward as it relates to sanctions on the Gafoors Hardware Store at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, concerning the death of one of its employees, Cindy Jattan.
Contacted yesterday to inquire as to whether the company would have to face sanctions in connection with Jattan’s death where a storage rack had fallen on her and pinned her to the ground while she was on duty, King replied, “We are awaiting advice from our legal advisor but we are working along with Gafoors and the recommendations that we made to see that they work with it.”