Eskom must explain 23 employee deaths in 2014
29 July 2014
The DA will submit parliamentary questions to the Minister of Public Enterprises, Lynne Browne, requesting details around the death of 23 employees who worked for Eskom in 2014. This includes 5 staff and 18 contractors.
We will also request further information on what further plans have been put in place to ensure these fatalities are prevented in the future.
This information was revealed in Eskom's Annual Statements, which were tabled in the National Assembly yesterday.
In the document, Eskom has admitted that fatalities remain a "challenge", though, " ...improvement initiatives are being implemented to bring the number of fatalities and injuries down to zero."