That article uses the description of the work as "working on the construction of a "bench" in a mining pit", whereas in TROY's announcement the description reads " . . occurred when a newly-excavated three-metre-high embankment at essentially ground level upon which the employee was sitting, collapsed, bringing a relatively minor amount of sand and rubble down on top of him . . " Very sad and distressing the others there were unable to rescue Ryan in time.
At first these descriptions seem technically quite different , but I think the term "pit" can be used "descriptively" for a location of initial or further excavation for providing access to ore bodies even at the preliminary stages - the well developed pit will eventually be deeper and naturally the safety issues compound as the pit expands outwards and downwards.
From the Guyana Govt. Ministries website:
https://dpi.gov.gy/government-ministries/The reference to Hon. Keith Scott as "junior Minister" is possibly more of a technical reference to his position as Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection since he is not the Minister of MoSP (who is Hon. Amna Ally, MP). Mr. Scott's extensive bio shows he is an experienced and vocal politician and he also has established consultancies in Taxation and Labour Relations. I saw the earlier Guyana Chronicle article referred to him as Minister with responsibility for Labour. So the MoSP has the breadth of portfolios to include his expertise as a Minister within the Ministry.
Thanks for the figures for comparison - I had to look up some meanings (the smaller the number the better):
"LTIFR refers to Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate, the number of lost time injuries occurring in a workplace per 1 million hours worked."
"TRIFR refers to Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate, (or total recordable injury rate), the number of fatalities, lost time injuries, substitute work, and other injuries requiring treatment by a medical professional per million hours worked."
Hoping TROY along with the Govt. Dept.s and Agencies, and the workers and union rep.s can now focus on their productive relationships to advance and maintain the best training and safe work practices going forward.