He injured worker a week ago In the Antonio Maceo thermoelectric (Renté), of Santiago de Cubahe died as a consequence of the burns suffered in the fact, according to official sources.
The electric union (UNE) reported this morning about the death of the young Carlos Rafael López Ibarra, 33, who on August 31 had suffered severe burns in his body “after the sudden release of steam at high temperatures.”
López Ibarra, who was a turbine operator, was injured “when a steam pipe presented failures during starting and synchronization” of Unit 5 of Renté, recalls the UNE in A notein which he conveyed condolences to family and friends of the deceased.
The official communication does not require the exact date of the worker’s death, presumably occurred in the last hours, judging for the time of publication of the note.
Nor does Beatriz clarify about it Johnson Urrutia, first secretary of the Communist Party in Santiago, who He pointed on Facebook that the deceased “was recognized for his delivery, responsibility and commitment to his work.”
“During his hospitalization, despite the severity of his burns, he remained collaborative with the treatment, demonstrating strength and integrity until the last moment,” added the political leader, who also extended condolence to relatives, relatives and co -workers of the young man.
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As previously informed, López Ibarra had burns in 89 % of its body surface.
After the incident “he was immediately treated by the medical team of the plant and transferred to the General Hospital Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso”, where he remained hospitalized “in an extreme critical condition with a reserved prognosis.”
According to the official note issued then in those moments he was “conscious, ventilating spontaneously, feeding orally”, and was “with all the medicines and insured supplies” for their treatment.
I rent a “extreme critic” state after an accident at the Santiago thermoelectric plant
The accident of the young worker took place in the midst of an exacerbation of the prolonged energy crisis suffered by the island, marked by repeated breakdowns and other difficulties in the generating units and the electrical infrastructure in general.
Just on Sunday night, a “shot” in the 220 kV line between Nuevitas and Las Tunas caused the disconnection of the entire Cuban East of the National Electrical System (SEN), at a time when the country suffered a very high electrical affectation.
Although the region could be reconnected at 1:25 in the morning of this Monday, much of the affected provinces and from the whole country remained off by generation deficit.
