A MAN was fatally electrocuted yesterday morning while working on air conditioning repairs on a small yacht docked at the Joseph Alfred Dock in the Bay Street area.

Relatives and friends have identified the victim as Shervin Brennen. He is believed to be in his late 20s.

Police said they were alerted to the accident after 10am.

“Sometime after 10, police were called to the Joseph Alfred Dock situated on Bay Street,” Assistant Superintendent of Police Audley Peters told reporters at the scene. “On their arrival, they were directed to a small yacht where they went to the engine room of that yacht and found the unresponsive body of a male lying over an engine bay.

“The information is that while he was doing some repairs, he complained of being electrocuted and moments later, his colleagues went into the engine room and examined him and he was unresponsive.

“The Emergency Medical Services visited the scene and following their examinations, they pronounced the body lifeless.”

According to the victim’s boss, Anthony E Knowles, Brennen was inside the yacht working on the vessel’s air conditioning system with another colleague before the incident happened.

Mr Knowles, who also owns the yacht in question, said he was not present during the accident, but was notified by another employee shortly after it happened.

Mr Knowles said when he found Brennen, he no shirt or shoes on, something he said was quite unusual as Brennen often reminded others about the importance of wearing proper safety gear at work.

“We went down in the hold in the boat and he was laid across and apparently, he had no shoes on, no shirt on and I don’t know why because he always preached to everyone else about wearing the proper footwear and this morning, he ain’t had no footwear on,” he told reporters at the scene.

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