Antara News, Friday, July 9, 2010 02:19 WIB
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The board of commissioners of PT Pertamina EP has suspended the company`s president director, Salis Aprilian, for a month over the occurrence of three work-place accidents in the past six months.
Aprilian confirmed on Thursday evening he had been suspended from his job for a month effective last July 2 on account of three fatal work accidents during the past six months.
Six people - five working for contractors and one a Pertamina EP employee - lost their lives in work-place accidents "which happened in processes beyond the management`s control," he said.
Citing an example, he said, one of the workers died after falling from a window 2.5 meters from the ground when repairing an air-conditioning device. The man was electrocuted and suffered cardiac arrest.
Four other workers died from suffocation after they entered a tank without being ordered to, and the sixth fatality was a worker who was crushed under a collapsed cement tank.
In view of the accidents, the company`s board of commissioners had asked him to file a complete report on the happenings and improve work safety and health conditions.
"Although all the tragedies happened in situations beyond my control, I accept responsibility as the company`s chief executive, and have to make sure they don`t recur in the future," he said.
Aprilian said the accidents occurred while the company was making good progress in increasing its oil production.
Within the first six months of 2010, Pertamina EP`s oil production reached 130,400 barrels per day (bpd) or more than the 128,000 bpd target set by the government. Last June, production even stood at 140,000 bpd, a "very satisfactory psychological level," he said.
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