Trinmar
blast report done
By
Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago
Newsday
Port
Spain
Petroleumworldtt.com
07 22 07
...INVESTIGATIONS
into the May 21 Trinmar explosion that killed Trinjet
Services Ltd contract worker Ricardo Felix 38,
and injured his two colleagues Richard Phillip,
34, and Kirl Peters, 23, has been completed and
a report has been passed on to the management of
Trinjet.
Yesterday,
Ancil Roget, first vice-president of the Oilfield
Workers Trade Union (OWTU) said, “As
soon as the company’s (Trinjet Services Ltd)
legal team looks at it we will take it to the next
stage to ensure that the parties involved be properly
compensated.
“They
will be compensated under the old Workmen Compensation
Act which might not be much
but we will ensure that they receive compensation.”
Two
months ago, Phillip, Peters and Felix were working
at Platform 21 in Trinmar’s East
Field when a gas line ruptured killing Felix instantly.
The two survivors are yet to return to work but
said whenever they do, they will prefer the company
place them in a different location.
Interviewed yesterday at their Point Fortin homes,
Phillip and Peters told Newsday the memories of
the accident in which Felix was killed haunt them
each day.
Peters who received back injuries when the explosion
pitched them off the pipeline said he has recovered
and is waiting for when work becomes available.
He
said: “While I am worried about returning
to work, I have no other choice but to go because
I have a wife and two children to take care of.”
Phillip however remains on sick leave because
of pains to his shoulder and hand.
“I live this accident everyday and it’s
hard,” he said, shaking his head from side
to side.
Phillip
worked as a well helper at the time of the accident
but said he felt he was skilled enough “to
handle himself in any other area.”
“Not something like that again,” said
Phillip. The men said the company has been very
supportive since the accident.
Trinidad
& Tobago Newsday
Saturday, July 21 2007
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