"The workers asked the contractor to provide the safety gear before lowering into the manhole but he refused, saying that the equipment was costly, and ordered the workers to carry on with the work without any gear," the report stated. In that case as well, the law directs the employer to provide safety gear to workers. Contractors are supposed to give safety gear to workers, since the government is paying them for the job. In this particular case, however, the contractor was not employed by us and he was absconding. Also, investigators have to establish on whose directions was this contractor getting the sewer cleaned."

Source: dna September 19, 2017 02:48 UTC