In the statement, the Sunca described that Mikhailo Peschanenko was carrying out assembly tasks at a height of 50 meters with the safety harness on, but that he was not hooked. At a certain moment he tried to go from one extreme to the other and fell into the void, for which he died on the spot.
At UPM II the stoppage will last 24 hours, reported the union, which in turn claimed for a national debate on an occupational health law and promote the creation of a prosecutor’s office that will act in cases of occupational accidents.
The union’s Health and Safety Secretary, Héctor Abad, told The Observer that “there was no control or inspection” by the company in the work of the Ukrainian worker, who carried out assembly tasks moving material.
From the company, however, they assured in a statement that “He had all the safety equipment.
