DOLE orders operations of Valenzuela rubber tire plant stopped
By Tina G. Santos
The Department of Labor and Employment has issued a work stoppage order on a rubber tire plant in Valenzuela City where a worker was killed in an accident last January.
The Department of Labor and Employment has issued a work stoppage order on a rubber tire plant in Valenzuela City where a worker was killed in an accident last January.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Friday ordered an immediate review of the standards applicable to the use of scaffolding in construction, noting that most of the recent accidents in construction were caused by defective or faulty scaffolding.
The Department of Labor and Employment in Bicol has warned it would shut down hazardous workplaces following the deaths of two male workers in separate incidents this month.
Two construction workers were injured when a section of a wall they were tearing down at a construction site collapsed Saturday morning, the authorities said.
