Injured machine operator rejects ¢1,000 compensation

The severely injured worker of Twellium Industrial Company at Adjen Kotoku, Mr. Atsu Bilson, 49, last Thursday rejected GH¢1,000 compensation offered him by the company.

He told The Spectator on Tuesday that he received a phone call from one Mr Karim, Managing Director of Stir Top Company last Thursday to report and collect his compensation.

“To my utmost surprise, Mr Karim, in the presence of a witness, by name Sarim offered to pay me GH¢1,000 (One Thousand Ghana Cedis) as compensation for my injuries, which I flatly rejected,” he said.

The Human Resource Manager of Twellium Industrial Company, Mrs Rita Dick Samels had earlier told this reporter that, Stir Top Agency, a company outsourced to recruit staff on their behalf, had been fully paid insurance, and compensations, that may befall any of their injured workers, in advance.

She was pleasantly surprised to hear that, Mr Karim was offering to pay the victim only a paltry sum of GH¢1,000, as compensation.

Meanwhile, after rejecting the paltry compensation, Mr Karim issued Mr Atsu Bilson with a medical form, to attend hospital for doctors to determine his degree of injuries, and the percentage of compensation that should be paid to him.

It will be recalled  that, The Spectator last week published a story in which Mr Atsu Bilson appealed to President Akufo-Addo to intervene and compel Twellium Industrial Company to pay him adequate compensation after sacking him, when he got injured while manning one of the machines that produce the “rush energy drinks and Verna water, etc.”

Mr Atsu Bilson, until his unlawful dismissal, on August 17, 2021, had worked with the company (Twellium) for six years.

By Francis Xah