The offices of the General Directorate of Revenue (DGI)located on Balboa Avenue, will remain closed to the public throughout the day today, Wednesday April 15. The measure responds to the need to carry out repair work and expertise after the incident recorded yesterday afternoon, where one worker lost his life and another was injured.
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) reported that suspension of care is necessary to ensure the adequacy of the facilities. Parallel to the closure, the institution issued a technical clarification For users of the property: “The elevators were not the cause of the accident”thus denying versions that linked the death to a collapse of the elevator system of the affiliated entity.
The incident involved building administrative staff PH World Tower who carried out technical work.
The MEF indicated that although the flow of taxpayers is constant at the headquarters of the Balboa Avenuethe seriousness of what happened forced us to prioritize the work of the security forces and the lifting of the bodysuspending any in-person procedures scheduled for the rest of the day.
According to official information, the victims belong to the administration staff of the PHwhere the government institution operates. The event occurred while they were carrying out technical work for said company.
Since a failure in the elevators has been ruled out, the authorities now focus their analysis on the safety protocols followed during the execution of maintenance work in the DGI building.
He MEF took advantage of the statement to express its regret for the loss of a human life in its facilities, extending its condolences to family members and co-workers. “The Ministry of Economy and Finance expresses its deepest regret for this fact”cites the official document, while investigations are expected to determine the exact cause of the accident, which did not involve mechanical failures in the vertical transportation.
