Business Report writes that workers at ArcelorMittal SA in Vanderbijlpark are demanding that the company should take the health and safety of its workers seriously.  

This follows an accident in October in which a worker lost three fingers and another accident when a worker fell from a roof and was fatally injured.  The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) said on Friday it was demanding that three managers responsible for health and safety at the plant be suspended.  The union also demanded that the Department of Labour appoint qualified inspectors to carry out a thorough investigation into health and safety standards within the company.  The union said it was convinced that the company did not take health and safety seriously and was more concerned with maintaining and increasing production.

• Read this report by Siphelele Dludla in full at Business Report
• See too, Safety standards at ArcelorMittal concern Numsa, at The Citizen

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