Oil workers reject poor industrial safety in Pdvsa

[Bacchus39]

http://english.eluniversal.com/2010/12/28/en_eco_esp_oil-workers-reject-p_28A4905811.shtml


Oil workers are very concerned about the marked deterioration in industrial safety at state-run oil firm Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (Pdvsa), which has resulted in a significant increase in labor-related incidents and accidents. In this sense, leaders of the Federation of Venezuelan Oil Workers (Futpv) voiced their observations and warnings.

Eudis Girot, a leader of the Futpv and Vanguardia Obrera Socialista warned against the status of several oil facilities in eastern Venezuela.

"The security situation in the Jose refining complex is one of the most dire that has occurred. We have been saying that Jose is a time bomb that is about to burst into pieces," said Girot.

The leader added that in 2006 they reported the operational situation to the outgoing National Assembly. Subsequently, a number of oil industry officials were questioned at the National Assembly, "but unfortunately no corrective measures have been taken."


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Girot reported that at the Coromoto Hospital in Maracaibo, western Zulia state, the number of burned patients climbed from zero in 2002 to 2,575 people burned while working in the oil industry in 2007.

[social_critic]

1. The Soviet Union's safety record was terrible

And so is China's. When the government is bid daddy, owns the means of production, and also controls the regulatory agencies, its signals get crossed, and the working class pays the price.

[naaman fletcher]

2. I fear for the pdvsa workers

New leadership is needed asap

[naaman fletcher]

3. I had thought

I had thought that progressives supported worker safety, I guess there are better things to do in kansas