Work inspector discovers new details about Bechtel worker's death

The 41-year-old, who was a employee of the company “Bechtel { Enka” was involved in a work vehicle, by his 24-year-old colleague, who is currently in holding.

In addition to the police and medical teams, the Labour Inspectorate team has emerged at the scene.

And based on the investigation of the latter, Labour Chief Inspector Basri Ibrahim, explaining the case, said that there were no witnesses around while the event occurred.

This case, today that it happens, according to the first information I have, because the inspector was with the police there at the scene, he was killed by a water tank, hit by another worker. According to this information, it's still a lot of trouble because it's not after witnesses, people around us, but they're working on a report, and it's going to show me a”, he said.

He has said that after the inspection of the Labour Inspectorate, he will come up with a report in which the cause of death is found and actions will be undertaken depending on him.

He stressed that today's victim is the only one who has been a direct employee of “Bechtel { Enkas”.

“All the cases that have happened so far, because this is not the first and only case, so far it's the fourth case, mostly under contractors' workers. According to information, this is the first employee of “Bechtel-Exnas”, others have been employees of “Bechtel-Enkas”, he added.

Regarding the working conditions that the company offers “Bechtel { Enka”, Ibrahim has told Construction.info, that there has been no complaints on the part of workers so far.

Bechtel Neka employees have never complained about working conditions. It should be correct because “Bechtel Neka” has the best working conditions in Kosovo. They usually train workers, don't put them in the workplace without training them. They have a kind of instruction that is available inside the chest to workers, which describes the dangers of work and the equipment with which they supply”, he said.

And today's case marks the second death within a month, while working on the “Arbean Xhaferi” highway. In the preceding case, Abraham said that it was a natural death, since the worker had had had a heart attack but had fired at the workplace.