Havana/Biological and Pharmaceutical Laboratories (Labiofam) investigates the death of two workers which occurred on June 16 at its facilities in Villa Clara. The answer comes two days after Luis Díaz (known as Yunior), and Eduardo due to “asphyxiation” after inhaling “toxic gases,” according to information disclosed on their social networks by the journalist from Vanguard Francisnet Díaz Rondón.
“At this time, the company’s management is carrying out a rigorous investigative process to clarify the circumstances of the painful event,” said the group, which has 23 factories on the Island. The brief message was accompanied by condolences to the families expressed by the director of Labiofam in Villa Clara, Raydel Rodríguez Ponce.
According to the communicator, Luis Díaz was sent to clean a purge honey tank where chemicals used to obtain molasses are concentrated and that can be lethal when inhaled. “His strength faltered and he was unable to get out of that death trap,” he said. When trying to help him, his partner “also died instantly.”
Luis Díaz was sent to clean a purge honey tank where chemicals used to obtain molasses are concentrated and can be lethal when inhaled.
“Two lives lost, orphaned children, companions whose lives were destroyed and two families in mourning due to a work accident that should not have occurred,” lamented Díaz Rondón. “For any risky task, all measures and protection are few,” he said.
The journalist said that he met Díaz, a native of Cascajal, in the Geriatrics Room of the Nuevo Hospital, where six months ago, the man lost his father of the same name, Luis. “Yunior and his beloved wife Midiala, and I, together with Angelita, made a beautiful friendship, like those that arise from difficult times. We supported and helped each other in caring for the elderly, and we encouraged each other on occasions when it seemed that the world was falling on us.”
At the Villa Clara headquarters, Labiofam processes various products, among which Mieleo and Asmasán stand out, for the treatment of viral processes associated with the flu, as well as cosmetics for personal hygiene and home cleaning.
Workplace accidents show, in most cases, the deplorable conditions in which workers on the Island work. According to data from the National Office of Statistics and Information (Onei), in the first half of 2025, 436 cases were recorded, of which 420 presented injuries. The manufacturing industry reported 85 incidents.
last saturday Osmani Rosales Núñeza worker at the Cárdenas Electric Company, died from an electric shock while carrying out repair work in the Tenería area between Neptuno and Ceres, in the city of Cárdenas, in the province of Matanzas.
Last January, the general secretary of the Independent Trade Union Association of Cuba (Asic) Iván Hernández Carrillo confirmed the death of at least three workers and more than two dozen injuries in various incidents. “Accidental falls are one of the potentially most serious causes of workplace accidents. They can occur due to several factors, such as slippery surface, inadequate lighting, inappropriate footwear,” he told Martí News.
