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Oil spill effects forces Toucan Industries to send home employees, close doors

Apr 15, 2009 News

General Manager of Toucan Industries Limited, Lennie Shuffler, yesterday told this newspaper that as a result of the oil spill at the Kingston Power Plant, yesterday at about noon, the company was forced to close its doors and send home employees.
He said that the decision was in a bid to safeguard its employees, all of whom started to complain of feeling nauseated as a result of inhaling the pungent odour of the Heavy Fuel Oil that was spilt and which remained in the drains and roadway.
“The smell started to affect the staff…We thought it was best that we send them home.”
He also lamented that as a result of the decision to send home the staff, business could not be conducted so the company lost money.
Shuffler said that he was hopeful that the business could be reopened today.
At another business close by, employees complained bitterly that the oil spill was having an adverse effect on the company in that it was deterring customers.
Those who did show up complained of the inconvenience caused by the spill.
The residents in the area were not spared the inconvenience.
When this newspaper visited the scene yesterday, workers could be seen working feverishly to clean up the mess but the odour was still strong in the air.

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