Hi my name is Lesliei am the father of m...

Asked by leslie bowles on 22-07-2022 08:03:48
Question posted in the General Law category relating to Gauteng

Hi my name is Leslie i am the father of my son Brentan Bowles--he was working at Omnia fertilizer company in sasolburg--as an apprentice electrician --he was working on a saturday morning repairing lighting in a sub station --he was electrocuted and died -- The company says that as an apprentice -he has no life insurance from the company --he died on the 12 march 2022-- The company was generous and paid for the funeral expenses-- What i am asking is --Is there any worksman compensation from the dept of labour --if someone dies in an industrial accident --the investigation results are still pending from the dept of labour --it is now 4months --i dont know how long it usually takes --myself i am an electrical technician working at arcelormittal -- and from the little bit of information i got from his work mates is that the lighting he was working on was only domestic 220v--he was working on a scaffold which was in a wet enviroment -he had a qualified senior electrician who was supervising him --who later returned to the sub station to find him dead on the scaffold-- what can i do to make sense of the situation thanks Leslie

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