Latest update October 29th, 2026 5:00 AM
Report completed findings to be known soon
Several weeks after an investigation was launched into the Prittipaul Singh Investments trawler explosion in Region One, sources close to the investigation have confirmed that the report is completed.
Kaieteur News understands that the report is now with the Maritime Administration and is expected to be made public next week.
Furthermore, this newspaper understands that the report would then be forwarded to the Ministers of Agriculture and Public Works, Robert Persaud and Robeson Benn.
Kaieteur News was also told that a number of recommendations were suggested to the company, one being that the company, Prittipaul Singh Investments, should develop a quality management system which tells each employee what he or she is required to do.
The report also suggested that the company should develop more quality standards.
Moreover, the report also sought to make the recommendation that emergency drills should be carried out more often.
Orlon Munroe, 19, one of the three persons who were hospitalized after the trawler mishap, died on Sunday last at the Georgetown Public Hospital. The body of the captain, Delbert Williams, was never recovered.
The teen sustained burns to more than 90 percent of his body after his vessel, Captain Lloyd, which is registered to Prittipaul Singh Investments, exploded in the North West Region.
Munroe had been a patient in the Burns Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital up until his death.
Also injured in the accident were Keith Adams, 20, of Cane Grove, Mahaica; and George Fitzpatrick of West Ruimveldt.
Representatives from the giant seafood company had said that they were still awaiting the outcome of the report.
One official from the company said that regardless of the outcome of the investigation, they would be compensating Munroe’s family.
Relatives of the dead teen said they are anxiously awaiting the findings of report.
His mother, Cheryl Munroe, told this publication, yesterday, that the company has offered to pay for the funeral.
The woman also said that a post mortem examination conducted on his remains found that he died from complications due to severe burns.
The now dead Munroe had told this newspaper that the crew members had attempted to start the engine but a wire started to spark and the next thing, there was fire “all over”.
“I feel fire all over me body and me and the Captain run out of the engine room. I jump overboard.”
George Fitzpatrick had also told this publication that he was sleeping when he was awakened by the heat. About 25 per cent of his body was burnt.
He said that he was able to put the badly injured Captain in a tub used to store fish while he and Todd managed to grab on to the cover of the same tub.
Share this:
Discover more from Kaieteur News
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.