In Chile, the Forensic Medical Service has announced the delivery of two bodies that may be identified following last Thursday’s mining tragedy at El Teniente, operated by the state-owned mining company Codelco. Families are accusing the company of negligence, insisting that workers had repeatedly warned about issues in the mines, including rock bursts and the padlocking of shelters.
00:00In Chile, the Forensic Medical Service announces the delivery of two bodies that could be identified following last Thursday's mining tragedy at El Teniente of the state-owned mining company, Cotelco.
00:11The families accuse negligence and insist that workers had warned several times about problems in the mines, rock boards and the padlocking of shelters.
00:20In addition, the victim's families insist that the outsourcing model does not allow for the full safety of workers to be guaranteed.
00:26In this regard, the company's president assured that they consulted the Ministry of Labor about the alleged complaints and ruled out their existence.
00:38They have not received any complaints from any workers or anyone else in relation to this.
00:44Secondly, we have opened an investigation that will be conducted by an independent international organization to determine whether any violations of our protocol have been committed here.
01:03Whenever there is a violent death, the Medical Examiner's Office evaluates an autopsy protocol that is sent to the prosecutor's office and that will not arrive within the next few hours.
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