Beharry and Co supervisor dies in worksite accident

Mark Gomes

A supervisor at the Edward B Beharry and Company Limited, Mandela Avenue location, died on Tuesday in a worksite accident involving a pressurized air hose.

A police report stated that Mark Gomes, 32, of Long Pond, Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara, was at the time of the incident, investigating the source of a whistling sound. At about 5:50pm Gomes was supervising the transfer of flour from a pressure tank mounted on a truck to a silo. He climbed onto the back of the truck to further investigate the sound when the hose connected to the tank and the silo came loose causing the cover to hit Gomes in the face, knocking him to the ground.  Gomes was picked up and taken to the Woodlands Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival

His body is presently at the Memorial Gardens Parlour awaiting a post-mortem examination while police are in the process of reviewing CCTV footage of the incident as part of their investigation.