Fisherman loses foot in trawler mishap

Dec 05, 2012 News

A fisherman had a part of his leg cut off after being involved in an accident whilst working on a trawler in the Atlantic Ocean yesterday.
Dwayne Nelson, 28, a seaman from North Ruimveldt, Greater Georgetown, who was employed as a Deckhand with the Pritipaul Singh Investments Limited, was among a crew working aboard the fishing vessel Maria Sue some 25 miles from the mouth of the Berbice River when tragedy struck.

Medical personnel lift the wounded seaman into the ambulance at the New Amsterdam Ferry Stelling.

According to information received by this newspaper, the men had cast their net and were in the process of pulling in a catch when Nelson’s foot got caught in the winch which was being used to pull up the seine. His right foot from the shin down was severed as a result.
Help was requested from the bauxite shipping firm Oldendorf Carriers, which has operations at the mouth of the Berbice River and a boat with police and other personnel was dispatched to the trawler to collect the badly wounded Nelson.
The boat with the injured fisherman eventually returned to the New Amsterdam Stelling where an ambulance was waiting to transport him to the New Amsterdam Hospital.
Officials from the fishing company have not yet issued a statement on the matter.
On June 19, 2010, fire aboard the Captain Lloyd 97 resulted in the death of a crewman, 19-year old Orlon Munroe, while the captain Delbert Williams went missing and has been given up as dead.
Yesterday’s incident is similar to one in 2009 when another fisherman, Russell Cornelius lost both of his legs while working on another company’s trawler.

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