Year later, mother of man killed in Skeldon estate accident awaiting word on compensation

Ulric Johnson

As the Ministry of Labour continues to investigate fatal industrial accidents which occurred in 2014, one woman has been waiting now for a year for word on the exact circumstances of the death of her son and whether she will gain any financial settlement.

Wendella Johnson said that she has been awaiting compensation following the electrocution of her son Ulric Johnson, 23, of Leeds, Number 50 Village, Corentyne, who was a technician attached to the Skeldon Sugar Estate. Johnson was electrocuted while cleaning a transformer in a boiler at the estate on January 27, 2014. According to Johnson,