A 30-year-old carpenter of Buxton, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was electrocuted while constructing a step on Sunday.
Dead: Conrad Spencer
Police Headquarters said that the incident occurred at around 09:30h. A Police report said that Conrad Spencer was erecting the step with an electrical saw when he came into contact with a live wire.
According to the Police, the man was observed lying motionlessly next to his workbench with what appeared to be burn marks on his right elbow. Investigations are ongoing.
Only recently, 27-year-old Shaqueen Butts, a labourer of Lot 4 Airy Hall, Mahaicony, and 25-year-old Gousham Narine, a welder of Lot 78 Triple X Non-Pareil, ECD, died after they were electrocuted while conducting welding work at the Trans Rice Mill located at Branch Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
It was reported that Butts and Narine were building a metal shed at the eastern side of the Trans Rice Mill, and were reportedly standing on a metal scaffold.
An eyewitness, who was working with the duo at the time, told the Police that Butts and Narine were working together on one scaffold.
Shortly after welding some plates, Narine was reportedly seen lengthening the 20 feet metal scaffold when it connected to the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) line and shocked him. At the time, Butts was still on the scaffold.
Butts then held onto Narine, thus resulting in him also being electrocuted. Both of the men then fell off the scaffold and unto the ground.
They were picked up and rushed to the Mahaicony Public Hospital, where Narine was pronounced dead on arrival and Butts subsequently died while receiving treatment.
