GMA Network Inc. has refuted the results of the Department of Labor and Employment’s probe on the accident that led to the death of veteran actor Eddie Garcia.

According to DOLE, GMA failed to comply with occupational safety and health standards.

DOLE said GMA and its contractors did not submit a report on the incident within 24 hours, faied to provide a safety officer and first aide professional on set.

In a statement posted on its website, GMA said “work accidents resulting in disabling injury or death” was an exception to the filing of the incident report within the next day. GMA submitted one a month after the incident.

“Secondly, on having a designated safety officer in the workplace, GMA confirms that it actually has sufficient number of DOLE-certified safety officers catering to its employees. The ‘workplace’ covered by the OSH Law is deemed to refer only to those places where services of the employees are regularly rendered,” GMA said.

“The IRR cannot expand the coverage of the law to include temporary, moving, or shifting locations. Extending said requirement of the law through the IRR to all temporary taping locations would unreasonably burden the industry with a requirement which is beyond the contemplation of the law,” GMA said.

GMA said there were three staff members on set assigned as first aid responders.

“Despite the safety measures undertaken by GMA, it was determined that what happened was an unforeseeable accident,” the network said.