00:00With the deaths of four divers from the LMCS barrier pipeline tragedy still
00:05fresh in the minds of many, President General of the OWTU Ansel Roger says
00:10the country might have hoped that another offshore death would be a very
00:15distant possibility. But with the loss of 47-year-old Pete Phillip following the
00:20collapse of the rig he was working on in December, Roger says it is clear nothing
00:25has been learned as it relates to safety.
00:55He says it is unacceptable that 44 days have passed and the company is yet to
01:03pump resources into a quicker recovery process. On Tuesday, outside the gates of
01:08Wells Services Petroleum Company Limited, he called for compensation for the
01:13family and government's intervention in the matter.
01:25independent to take legal action against the company for breaches and to
01:32speed up those in investigations but most importantly get whatever equipment
01:39is necessary to retrieve the remains of the of the worker because that is what
01:46we're talking about remains. Phillip's brother on Tuesday criticized the
01:50Minister of Energy's approach to the situation and called for government to
01:54learn from incidents like this and the Paria deaths to improve conditions for
01:59others. Do not let my brother death go in vain. I want to see a difference in
02:05safety. I want to see a difference in the standards and I would like to see that
02:09the government get involved and take action against these companies for what
02:13they're doing so that we could have a safer standard for when guys go out there
02:16to work. They don't have to face these things. Unless people are being
02:20held accountable, we would keep going on that action with many workers will be
02:25injured and the same thing with crime. No one has been held responsible. That is
02:30why crime will always be on our eyes and if this is the kind of leader that we
02:34accepting, then we're going on a very bad road.
02:37Cindy Raghubar, Tika Singh, TV6 News
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