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Skeldon Sugar factory employee electrocuted

Jan 26, 2014 News

Officials at the Skeldon Sugar Factory are probing the death of a 23-year-old electrician at the controversial entity.
Kaieteur News understands that Ulric Leonard Johnson, of Lot 48 Leeds Village, Corentyne, was electrocuted at his workplace at around 10:00 hrs yesterday.
According to reports, Johnson was cleaning a transformer in the boiler house, when he was hit by 3.5 megawatts of electricity. He was killed instantly. Kaieteur News was told that Johnson was not wearing the company’s safety equipment at the time.
The victim’s mother, Princess Johnson, told Kaieteur News that her son, who has been employed by Guysuco for about five years, left for work at around 06:00 hrs.
Mrs. Johnson said that she received a call at around 10:00 hrs that her son was involved in a “minor accident,” and had been admitted to the Skeldon Hospital.
She said that her son was in a room when she arrived at the institution, but she was not allowed to see him. Eventually, a senior staffer came out of the room and requested that close relatives accompany him back inside.
It was then that she realised that her son was dead.
Mrs. Johnson alleged that no official from the Skeldon Factory has contacted the family to provide details about the circumstances surrounding her son’s death.

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