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Delayed report on trawler explosion leave victims’ relatives frustrated
Delay in releasing the highly anticipated report on the trawler explosion has forced the relatives of Orlon Munroe to come to the conclusion that the matter is being placed on the back burner.
Orlon Munroe while he was a patient in the hospital
Orlon Munroe succumbed to burn-related complications at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Cheryl Munroe, the dead teen’s mother, yesterday said that her patience is waning. “Why can’t they release the report? My son is dead; we need some sort of justice out of the matter.”
The woman said that she becomes more annoyed when she calls to find out about the status of the report, and is only told that the report is completed and that it is with the Minister.
Kaieteur News had been told that the report was completed by the Maritime Administration since early this month, and was forwarded to Ministers of Agriculture and Public Works Robert Persaud and Robeson Benn. Numerous calls to Minister Benn yesterday proved futile.
Munroe further told this publication that they are not finding closure, just because the report has not been completed.
A source within the Maritime Administration, yesterday, said that the report has been completed and returned to the two ministries.
More so, a number of recommendations have been suggested to the major seafood 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.
Furthermore it also sought to make the recommendation that emergency drills should be carried out more often.
When contacted yesterday an official from the seafood giant said that company is very surprised that the report has not been made public.
Crewmember Orlon Munroe, 19, one of the three persons who were hospitalized after the trawler mishap, succumbed months after the explosion. He had sustained burns to over 90 percent of his body. The body of the captain Delbert Williams was never recovered.
Also injured in the freak accident were Keith Adams, 20, of Cane Grove, Mahaica, and George Fitzpatrick of West Ruimveldt
Relatives of the dead teen had said that they were anxiously awaiting the findings of the report.
Munroe had told this newspaper that they (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.
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