Another Hanjin death
Tonette Orejas, Central Luzon Desk
Inquirer.net
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Another Filipino working at the shipyard of the Korean-owned Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines Inc. in Subic, Zambales, died at the work site Friday after a heavy metal pipe being moved by other workers fell on his head.
Another worker was injured in the incident that took place at past 9 a.m., according to Noel de Mesa, president of the Shipyard and Construction Workers Association. The victims were taken to the St. Jude Hospital in nearby Olongapo City.
“His head was smashed,” De Mesa said, referring to what had happened to Raldon del Rosario, 19.
Boichek Camalao, 24, suffered bone fractures, it was learned.
Both men hail from Tabuk, Kalinga.
They worked at the shipyard’s Assembly Part 3, belonging to the 18th batch of workers hired at the shipyard.
Officials of Hanjin and its regulatory body, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, did not reply to queries seeking confirmation of the incident.
Seventeen workers have died from work and traffic related incidents at the job site since 2006.