Samoa Ministry Investigating Employee’s Severe Burns Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 00:00
Man allegedly injured while disposing of uniforms at landfill
By Lanuola Tupufia
APIA, Samoa (Samoa Observer, April 18, 2013) – The health and safety of workers is important at Samoa’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE), according Chief Executive Officer, Taule’ale’ausumai La’avasa Malua.
That’s why it is conducting an internal investigation into an incident where an employee was burnt on the job two weeks ago.
During an interview with the Samoa Observer yesterday, Taule’ale’a said they are investigating why the rubbish was burnt at the landfill and what else occurred there.