OCHO RIOS, St Ann — A freak accident that claimed the life of a tractor operator at Noranda Bauxite company in Discovery Bay, St Ann, has left his colleagues stunned and in anguish.
Fifty-three-year-old Mark Wint died last Thursday after he was pinned between the bucket and body of the tractor he usually operates. The accident, the Jamaica Observer was told, occurred when Wint attempted to retrieve a bag that was stuck to a lever. That lever controlled the bucket. The effort of retrieving the bag dislodged the lever and the bucket slammed into Wint, pinning him to the tractor. He was pronounced dead on arrival at St Ann’s Bay Hospital.
Conrad Brown, who worked alongside Wint for the last seven years, has been traumatised by his colleague’s demise. He told the Observer that he has been having constant flashbacks since the unexpected death.
“Each time mi see the tractor mi just a remember him in there. Every move a just him [I remember] because both of us did a lot of work with the same tractor. Right now mi even scared to use the tractor, and it is going to take a time before mi go back in one,” he said. “I’m just so sorry he had to go that way. I really miss him and it is very hard for me.”
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