UAE labourers seek shelter from the storm, but not from danger
UAE labourers seek shelter from the storm, but not from
danger
Letters to the Editor
January 12, 2014 Updated: January 12, 2014 17:17:00
Your coverage of the recent rainfall (In pictures: Rain
sweeps across the UAE, January 8) was very good.
This is especially so for the one taken by Sarah Dea of a
group of workers taking shelter under a parked bus on a construction site. This
will stand out in my mind for a long time – mostly because it is scary from the
point of view of health and safety.
What would have happened if the driver rushed to the vehicle
and reversed it? This photo highlights the shortcomings in safety procedures
that can be found on some work sites in the UAE.
I hope those involved in this site will take appropriate
action about the hidden-danger aspect involved in such cases and prevent
accidents of the kind that could have happened here through the casual approach
towards safety demonstrated in the photograph.
Let our motto for 2014 be this one: Safety first.
Ramesh Menon, Abu Dhabi
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