LUCEA, Hanover - Two workers were injured yesterday when a section of the problem-plagued, multimillion-dollar Fiesta Hotel development at Point in Lucea collapsed.

Project manager at the 1,960-room hotel development, Lafel Frile, said one Jamaican worker and a Dominican engineer were injured when safety scaffolds folded while workers were pouring concrete at a section of the building. He said the collapse occurred in a section of the site where both wooden and metal scaffolds were used.

"They are out of hospital now and hopefully will return to work tomorrow (today)," Frile last night. "We will be working with our safety engineers and the parish council to ensure that everything is okay," he added.
Meanwhile, the parish's fire chief, Assistant Superintendent Dolfin Doeman, said his workers were on site up to late last night digging through fallen concrete to ensure that no worker was trapped.

According to Doeman, the building collapse yesterday after 4:00 pm. "The information I have is that three workers were injured and have been taken to the hospital," he told the Observer.

The hotel developed has been problem plagued since construction commenced. Workers have continuously complained of poor working conditions, resulting in a stop order issued against the development earlier this year.

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