Ministry probing death of sluice operator

The scene of the fatal accident (Ministry of Labour photo)

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department has begun a probe into the  workplace fatality that occurred at the Springhall sluice located at Farm/Woodlands, West Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (E.C.D).

Sluice operator,  Leevorn Stanford McGarrel, 54,  of High Dam, Mahaicony, ECD, and an employee of the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) died in the incident, according to a release from the ministry.