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The Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) has accused National Petroleum (NP) of covering up details of what led to Friday’s explosion at its Port of Spain compound.
In a press conference on Monday morning, OWTU president general Ancel Roget told the media the explosion could have been avoided if proper health and safety policies had been developed.
He said: “What occurred was preventable. We are of the view, based on our interaction with NP current management, that the issue of health and safety for the workers comes a second and third place when it comes to the operation of NP, and that is unfortunate.”
He said the union was suspicious of the way NP cleaned up the site of the explosion before the union was given a chance to assess the scene.
[caption id="attachment_836789" align="alignnone" width="1024"] OWTU's president general Ancel Roget -Marvin Hamilton[/caption]
"This explosion had the potential not only to injure or kill those workers, but it carried the potential to create an explosion which would have been regrettable for many months.”
OWTU sent a letter to OSH and NP officials on Friday and Saturday and said up to Monday morning it had not received a response. Roget promised to “raise hell” if NP failed to respond by the end of this week.
He called for a thorough investigation and for someone to be held accountable for the incident.
Three NP employees were injured when a tank exploded while they were emptying it. Since then one has been discharged and two remain hospitalised.
In a report on Friday, police said two contractors were pumping fuel out of the Number Four tank at around 11.30 am when there was an explosion. The tank, which contained residual amounts of super fuel, caught fire.
On Friday, NP's acting CEO John Gormandy told reporters the tank, at the southern end of its Sea Lots compound, was "practically empty" when it exploded. NP is continuing investigations.
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